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Psalms 135:7
He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the gathered worshipers of Israel, concluding a liturgical call to praise by detailing Yahweh’s sovereign control over creation. This declaration follows a recounting of His historical deliverance of Israel and precedes a warning against idolatry.
The words — The text highlights מַֽעֲלֶ֣ה (ma.'a.Leh), literally "[he is] bringing up," and נְשִׂיִם (ne.si.'Im), meaning "clouds," to describe Yahweh’s active role in lifting atmospheric moisture from the earth’s extremities. It also uses מֽוֹצֵא (mo.tze'-), "[he is] bringing out," to depict His release of wind from stored reserves.
The thread — This description of clouds rising from the ends of the earth and God generating lightning for rain appears in Jeremiah 10:13 and Jeremiah 51:16. Job 28:25 parallels the theme by noting God’s measurement of the waters and fixed weight of the wind.
Why it lands — The passage demands recognition that natural phenomena are not autonomous forces but direct expressions of divine command. It requires the reader to attribute atmospheric order and power solely to Yahweh.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 10:13 When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
- Job 28:25 When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,
- Jeremiah 51:16 When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
- Zechariah 10:1 Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field.
- Psalms 148:8 lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,
- John 3:8 The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
- Genesis 2:5 Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted, for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
- 1 Kings 18:1 After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”
- 1 Kings 18:41 And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.”
- Job 5:10 He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.