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Psalms 147:17

Psalms 147:17

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

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, ; and there is an exceeding great storm of hail yet to come, very dreadful; see Re 16:21.

This is expressive of the wrath, vengeance, and judgments of God upon men, by which he is known in various perfections of his nature; as his power, justice, and holiness, for which he is celebrated, ;who can stand before his cold?

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