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.
Parallel translations
- WEB who causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth; who makes lightnings with the rain; who brings the wind out of his treasuries;
- BSB 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.
- NKJV He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain; He brings the wind out of His treasuries.
- NASB He causes the mist to ascend from the ends of the earth, He makes lightning for the rain; He brings forth the wind from His treasuries.
- NLT He causes the clouds to rise over the whole earth. He sends the lightning with the rain and releases the wind from his storehouses.
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Quick answer
God governs the weather itself, raising clouds, sending lightning and rain, and releasing the wind from His storehouses.
Overview
The psalmist celebrates Yahweh's control over the natural order, picturing wind and rain as treasures He dispenses at will. What ancient peoples credited to nature-deities, Israel attributed to the one Creator who sustains all things. This providential care over creation points forward to Christ, in whom all things hold together and who stilled the very winds and waves.
Cross-references & the web
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- Jer 10:13When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
- Zech 10:1Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
- Job 28:25–26To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
- Jer 51:16When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
- Ps 148:8Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
- John 3:8The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
- Job 5:10Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
- 1 Kgs 18:41–45And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
- Jonah 1:4But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
- Job 38:22–28Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
- Ps 107:25For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
- Jer 14:22Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
- 1 Kgs 18:1And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
- Gen 2:5–6And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
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