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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 147 This psalm is thought to be written by David, and according to Theodoret predicts the return of the Jews from Babylon, and the rebuilding of Jerusalem by Zerubbabel, which seems to be grounded on Psalms 147:2; though the words there agree well enough with the times of David; hence the title in the Septuagint, Ethiopic, Arabic, and Syriac versions, and Apollinarius, is...
John Gill
He casteth forth his ice like morsels,.... Divided like morsels, as the Targum; cut into pieces, like morsels of bread. This seems to have respect to hail stones, which sometimes fall like pieces of ice, and are very prejudicial to the fruits of the earth: this was one of the ten plagues of Egypt; and whereby also many of the Canaanites were destroyed in the times of Joshua, Exodus 9:23; and...
Matthew Henry
This is another psalm of praise. Some think it was penned after the return of the Jews from their captivity; but it is so much of a piece with Ps. cxlv. that I rather think it was penned by David, and what is said (ver. 2, 13) may well enough be applied to the first building and fortifying of Jerusalem in his time, and the gathering in of those that had been out-casts in Saul's time. The...
Charles H. Spurgeon
He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? None can stand before his heat; but when he withdraws the fire, and takes away the heat, the cold is equally destructive. It burns up as fast as fire would. “Who can stand before his cold?” If God be gone, if the Spirit of God be taken away from his church, or from any of you, who can stand before his cold? The deprivation is...
Charles H. Spurgeon
He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? I want you to notice how, in the olden days, good men felt God to be very near. They thought that all this was caused by God: “he giveth snow; he scattereth hoarfrost;” and they speak of “his ice, his cold.” It is a poor progress that philosophers have made, to try to get us farther off...
Charles H. Spurgeon
He casteth forth his ice like morsels: Hailstones, like little pieces of bread, broken off and scattered abroad,- Psa_147:17. Who can stand before his cold? In all this, the Lord is really fattening the soil, and preparing food for man and beast in the coming spring and summer.
Charles H. Spurgeon
He casteth forth his ice like morsels :-The hailstones come like morsels, — like crumbs, that is the word, — like crumbs of ice; or, as the ice is formed upon the lake, it comes like crusts. Either way, “He casteth forth his ice like morsels:” — Psa_147:17. Who can stand before his cold. If God displays himself as fire, who can stand against his burnings? Or if he chooses to display himself in...
Charles H. Spurgeon
He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: It is just as easy for him to send warm weather as to give us the chill of winter.