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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 sendeth out his word, and melteth them,.... The snow, the hoar frost, and ice: this he does by a word of his, who can freeze the earth and waters, and thaw them at his pleasure; by ordering the sun to break forth with great heat, or rain to fall in great plenty; of both which Kimchi interprets his word; as well as by causing a warm wind to blow, as follows, he causeth his wind to blow, [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 sendeth out his word, and melteth them; he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. The frozen waters were hard as iron; the south wind toucheth them, and they flow again. What can God not do? The great God of nature is our God. Let us praise him. Oh, may our hearts be in a right key tonight to make music before him!
Charles H. Spurgeon
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. That is the best news of all, that God reveals himself to his children. All he works in nature is eclipsed by what he does in grace.
Charles H. Spurgeon
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: He has only to speak a word, and the ice, the snow, the hoarfrost, and every sign of winter will disappear, and we shall begin to swelter in the heats of summer. Psa_147:18. He causeth his wind to blow, That is all, — Psa_147:18. And the waters flow. Ice-saws and axes could not set free the frozen rivers but his wind, the very breath from the mouth of...
Charles H. Spurgeon
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them:- The icebergs float southward, and are melted. The rivers that had been held in chains of ice leap into liberty, and all at the word of the Lord: “He sendeth out his word, and melteth them.” Psa_147:18. He causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. “This is the result of the laws of nature.” So say those who are still in nature’s darkness. “This is...
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.
Charles H. Spurgeon
He causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. His own soft south wind comes, and the fetters of frost dissolve, and the waters flow. It is the Lord that doeth it all. He is not far from any of us; therefore let us not forget him.