Psalms 147:8 Cross References - Matthew

⁸ Which couereth the heauen wyth cloudes, prepareth rayn for the earth, & maketh the grasse to growe vpon the mountaynes.

¹⁴ so that when I bring in cloudes vpon the earth, the bowe shal appere in the cloudes.

⁴⁴ And the seuenth time he sayde: beholde, there aryseth a lytle cloude out of the sea, lyke the palme of a mannes hande. Then he sayde: go and saye to Ahab, put the horsses in the charet, and get the doune that the rayne stoppe the not. ⁴⁵ And within a lytle whyle, heauen was blacke wyth cloudes and winde, and there was a great rayne. And Ahab rode and went to Iezrahel.

¹⁰ Which geueth rayne vpon the earth, and poureth water vpon all thinges:

⁸ He bindeth the water in hys cloudes, that they fall not doune together. ⁹ He holdeth back his stoul, that it can not be sene, and spredeth his cloudes before it.

²⁷ He turneth the water to small droppes, he dryueth hys cloudes ²⁸ to gether for to raygne, so that they poure downe and droppe vpon men. ²⁹ He can sprede out the cloudes (a couerynge of hys tabernacle) ³⁰ and cause hys lyght to shyne vpon them: and to couer the botome of the sea. ³¹ By these thinges gouerneth he hys people, and geueth them aboundaunce of meate. ³² In the turnynge of a hande he hydeth the lyght, & at hys commaundement it commeth agayne. ³³ The rysinge vp therof sheweth he to his frendes and to the cattell.

²⁴ By what waye is the lyghte parted, and the heate dealte oute vpon the earth? ²⁵ Who deuydeth the aboundaunce of waters into ryuers, or who maketh a waye for the stormye wether, ²⁶ that it watereth & moystureth the drye and baren grounde, ²⁷ to make the grasse growe in places where no body dwelleth, and in the wyldernes where no man remayneth?

⁹ Thou visitest the earth, thou waterest it. and makest it very plenteous. The riuer of god is ful of waters, thou preparest man hys corne, and thus thou prouydeste for the earth. ¹⁰ Thou waters, her forowes, thou breakest the harde clottes thereof, thou makest it softe with the droppes of rayne, and blessest the increase of it. ¹¹ Thou crownest the yeare wyth thy good and thy fotsteppes droppe fatnesse. ¹² The dwellinges of the wildernes are fat also, that they droppe wyth all: and the lytle hylles are pleasaunt on euerye syde. ¹³ The foldes are full of shepe, the valleyes stande so thicke with corne that they laughe and synge.

¹³ Thou waterest the hilles from aboue, the earth is filled wt the frutes of thy workes. ¹⁴ Thou bringest forth grasse for the cattell, and grene herbes for the seruice of men. Thou bringest fode out of the earth:

¹ Prayse the euerlastynge. O praise the name of the Lord prayse it O ye seruauntes of the Lorde.

⁶ I wyl laye it waste, that it shall neyther be twisted nor cut, but beare thornes and breares. I wil also forbydde the cloudes, that they shall not raine vpon it.

²² Are there eny amonge the goddes of the Gentiles that sende rayne or geue the showers of heauen? Doest not thou it O Lorde oure God, in whom we trust? Yee Lorde, thou doest all these thinges.

²³ Be glad then (O ye chyldren of Syon) & reioyse in the Lorde youre God, for he hathe geuen you a teacher of ryghtuousnes: and he it is that shall sende you doune shuwers of rayne, early and late in the fyrste moueth,

⁷ Ye turne the lawe to worm wode, and caste doune ryghtuousnes vnto the grounde. ⁸ The Lorde maketh the seuen starres and the Dryons, he turneth the nighte into daye, and of the daye he maketh darcknesse. He calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them oute vpon the playne grounde: the Lorde is hys name:

⁴⁵ that ye may be the chyldren of youre father that is in heauen: for he maketh his sonne to aryse on the yuyll, and on the good and sendeth his raine on the iust and vniust.

¹⁷ Neuerthelesse he lefte not hym selfe without wytnes, in that he shewed hys benefytes, in geuynge vs rayne from heauen, and fruteful ceasons, fyllyng our hertes with fode and gladnes.

¹⁷ Helias was a man mortall, euen as we are, and he prayed in hys prayer, that it might not rayne: and it rayned not on the earth by the space of thre yeares & sixe monethes. ¹⁸ And he prayed againe, and the heauen gaue rayne, and the earthe broughte forth her frute.