Psalms 147:17

"He gives snow like wool, and scatters frost like ashes."

Key Reflection

In Psalms 147:17, God's provision is depicted through natural imagery—snow falling like soft wool and frost scattered like ash. This metaphor not only illustrates the gentle and widespread nature of His care but also hints at the transitory quality of even His gifts, reminding us that all good things ultimately return to Him.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

He casteth forth his ice like morsels -The word rendered morsels means properly a bit, a crumb, as of bread,Genesis 18:5;Judges 19:5. The allusion here would seem to be to hail, which God sends upon the earth as easily as one scatters crumbs of bread from the hand. Who can stand before his cold? -Or, hail. The word is the same, except in pointing, as the preceding word rendered ice. The idea is that no one can stand before the peltings of the hail, when God sends it forth, or scatters it upon the earth.

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