Psalm 147:8 {146:8}
Good News Translation
He spreads clouds over the sky; he provides rain for the earth and makes grass grow on the hills.

New Revised Standard Version
He covers the heavens with clouds, prepares rain for the earth, makes grass grow on the hills.

Contemporary English Version
He fills the sky with clouds and sends rain to the earth, so that the hills will be green with grass.

New American Bible
Who covers the heavens with clouds, provides rain for the earth, makes grass sprout on the mountains,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth. Who maketh grass to grow on the mountains, and herbs for the service of men.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth. Who maketh grass to grow on the mountains, and herbs for the service of men.

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Psalm 135:1 Alleluia. Praise ye the name of the Lord: O you his servants, praise the Lord:

Genesis 9:14 And when I shall cover the sky with clouds, my bow shall appear in the clouds:

1 Kings 18:44,45 And at the seventh time: Behold a little cloud arose out of the sea like a man's foot. And he said: Go up, and say to Achab: Prepare thy chariot, and go down, lest the rain prevent thee. . . .

Job 26:8,9 He bindeth up the waters in his clouds, so that they break not out and fall down together. . . .

Job 36:27-33 He lifteth up the drops of rain, and poureth out showers like floods: . . .

Job 38:24-27 By what way is the light spread, and heat divided upon the earth? . . .

Isaiah 5:6 And I will make it desolate: it shall not be pruned, and it shall not be digged: but briers and thorns shall come up: and I will command the clouds to rain no rain upon it.

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Psalm 65:9-13 Thou hast visited the earth, and hast plentifully watered it; thou hast many ways enriched it. The river of God is filled with water, thou hast prepared their food: for so is its preparation. . . .

Psalm 104:13,14 Thou waterest the hills from thy upper rooms: the earth shall be filled with the fruit of thy works: . . .

Job 5:10 Who giveth rain upon the face of the earth, and watereth all things with waters:

Jeremiah 14:22 Are there any among the graven things of the Gentiles that can send rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou the Lord our God, whom we have looked for? for thou hast made all these things.

Joel 2:23 And you, O children of Sion, rejoice, and be joyful in the Lord your God: because he hath given you a teacher of justice, and he will make the early and the latter rain to come down to you as in the beginning.

Amos 5:7,8 You that turn judgment into wormwood, and forsake justice in the land, . . .

Matthew 5:45 That you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven, who maketh his sun to rise upon the good, and bad, and raineth upon the just and the unjust.

Acts 14:17 Nevertheless he left not himself without testimony, doing good from heaven, giving rains and fruitful Seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

James 5:17,18 Elias was a man passible like unto us: and with prayer he prayed that it might not rain upon the earth. And it rained not for three years and six months. . . .

Context
It is Good to Sing Praises
7Sing ye to the Lord with praise: sing to our God upon the harp. 8Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth. Who maketh grass to grow on the mountains, and herbs for the service of men.9Who giveth to beasts their food: and to the young ravens that call upon him.…
Cross References
Job 5:10
Who giveth rain upon the face of the earth, and watereth all things with waters:

Job 26:8
He bindeth up the waters in his clouds, so that they break not out and fall down together.

Job 36:27
He lifteth up the drops of rain, and poureth out showers like floods:

Job 38:26
That it should rain on the earth without man in the wilderness, where no mortal dwelleth:

Job 38:27
That it should fill the desert and desolate land, and should bring forth green grass?

Job 38:28
Who is the father of rain? or who begot the drops of dew?

Psalm 65:9
Thou hast visited the earth, and hast plentifully watered it; thou hast many ways enriched it. The river of God is filled with water, thou hast prepared their food: for so is its preparation.

Psalm 65:10
Fill up plentifully the streams thereof, multiply its fruits; it shall spring up and rejoice in its showers.

Psalm 104:13
Thou waterest the hills from thy upper rooms: the earth shall be filled with the fruit of thy works:

Psalm 104:14
Bringing forth grass for cattle, and herb for the service of men. That thou mayst bring bread out of the earth:

Jeremiah 5:24
And they have not said in their heart: Let us fear the Lord our God, who giveth us the early and the latter rain in due season: who preserveth for us the fulness of the yearly harvest.

Psalm 147:7
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