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snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/148.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Fire and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, fulfilling His word;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/148.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Fire and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, fulfilling His word;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/148.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Fire and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, fulfilling His word;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/148.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Fire and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, fulfilling His word;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/148.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Fire and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, doing His word;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/148.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Lightning and hail, snow and fog; Stormy wind, fulfilling His orders;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/148.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />lightning and hail, snow and cloud, stormy wind that executes his command,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/148.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />lightning and hail, snow and cloud, powerful wind that executes His command, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/148.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Fire and hail, snow and vapor; Stormy wind, fulfilling his word;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/148.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Sea monsters and the deep sea, fire and hail, snow and frost, and every stormy wind, come praise the LORD! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/148.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Fire and hail, snow and vapour; stormy wind, fulfilling his word:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/148.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />lightning and hail, snow and fog, strong winds that obey his commands,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/148.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />lightning and hail, snow and clouds, strong winds that obey his command. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/148.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />fire, hail, snow, fog, and wind storm that carry out his command, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/148.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/148.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />O fire and hail, snow and clouds, O stormy wind that carries out his orders, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/148.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Lightning and hail, snow and clouds; stormy wind, fulfilling his word;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/148.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Fire, and hail; snow, and vapors; stormy wind fulfilling his word:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/148.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy wind, fulfilling his word, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/148.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Fire and hail, snow and vapor, "" Whirlwind doing His word;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/148.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Fire and hail, snow and vapour, Whirlwind doing His word;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/148.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Fire and hail, snow and vapor: the spirit of storm doing his word:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/148.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy winds which fulfil his word: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/148.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />fire, hail, snow, ice, windstorms, which do his word,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/148.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Lightning and hail, snow and thick clouds, storm wind that fulfills his command; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/148.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />fire and hail, snow and frost, stormy wind fulfilling his command!<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/148.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Fire and hail, snow and ice, stormy wind fulfilling his word,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/148.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Fire and hail stones and snow and ice, wind and hurricanes, Servants of his word!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/148.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Fire and hail, snow and vapour, Stormy wind, fulfilling His word;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/148.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy wind; the things that perform his word.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/148-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=18293" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/148.htm">Praise the LORD From the Heavens!</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>Praise the LORD from the earth, all great sea creatures and ocean depths, <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/784.htm" title="784: ’êš (N-cs) -- A fire. A primitive word; fire.">lightning</a> <a href="/hebrew/1259.htm" title="1259: ū·ḇā·rāḏ (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Hail. From barad; hail -hail).">and hail,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7950.htm" title="7950: še·leḡ (N-ms) -- Snow. From shalag; snow.">snow</a> <a href="/hebrew/7008.htm" title="7008: wə·qî·ṭō·wr (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Thick smoke. Or qiytor; from qatar; a fume, i.e. Cloud.">and clouds,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5591.htm" title="5591: sə·‘ā·rāh (N-fs) -- A hurricane. Or ctarah; from ca'ar; a hurricane.">powerful</a> <a href="/hebrew/7307.htm" title="7307: rū·aḥ (N-csc) -- Breath, wind, spirit. From ruwach; wind; by resemblance breath.">wind</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ō·śāh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">fulfilling</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: ḏə·ḇā·rōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">His word,</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/37-10.htm">Job 37:10-13</a></span><br />By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen. / He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them. / They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/10-13.htm">Jeremiah 10:13</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/38-22.htm">Job 38:22-24</a></span><br />Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail, / which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle? / In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/135-7.htm">Psalm 135:7</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/30-4.htm">Proverbs 30:4</a></span><br />Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son—surely you know!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-10.htm">Isaiah 55:10-11</a></span><br />For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, / so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-3.htm">Nahum 1:3</a></span><br />The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/36-27.htm">Job 36:27-33</a></span><br />For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist, / which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind. / Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/8-1.htm">Genesis 8:1</a></span><br />But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/9-23.htm">Exodus 9:23-24</a></span><br />So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt. / The hail fell and the lightning continued flashing through it. The hail was so severe that nothing like it had ever been seen in all the land of Egypt from the time it became a nation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/8-26.htm">Matthew 8:26-27</a></span><br />“You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm. / The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/4-39.htm">Mark 4:39-41</a></span><br />Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm. / “Why are you so afraid?” He asked. “Do you still have no faith?” / Overwhelmed with fear, they asked one another, “Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/8-24.htm">Luke 8:24-25</a></span><br />The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters, and they subsided, and all was calm. / “Where is your faith?” He asked. Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/7-1.htm">Revelation 7:1</a></span><br />After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back its four winds so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-21.htm">Revelation 16:21</a></span><br />And great hailstones weighing almost a hundred pounds each rained down on them from above. And men cursed God for the plague of hail, because it was so horrendous.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Fire, and hail; snow, and vapors; stormy wind fulfilling his word:</p><p class="hdg">fire</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/147-15.htm">Psalm 147:15-18</a></b></br> He sendeth forth his commandment <i>upon</i> earth: his word runneth very swiftly… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24</a></b></br> Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/9-23.htm">Exodus 9:23-25</a></b></br> And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt… </p><p class="hdg">stormy</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/107-25.htm">Psalm 107:25-29</a></b></br> For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/10-13.htm">Exodus 10:13,19</a></b></br> And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all <i>that</i> night; <i>and</i> when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/14-21.htm">Exodus 14:21</a></b></br> And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go <i>back</i> by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry <i>land</i>, and the waters were divided.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/103-20.htm">Bidding</a> <a href="/psalms/147-8.htm">Clouds</a> <a href="/psalms/147-15.htm">Command</a> <a href="/psalms/140-10.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/psalms/147-16.htm">Frost</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-27.htm">Fulfilling</a> <a href="/psalms/147-17.htm">Hail</a> <a href="/psalms/147-18.htm">Ice</a> <a href="/psalms/144-6.htm">Lightning</a> <a href="/psalms/135-7.htm">Mists</a> <a href="/psalms/147-8.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/psalms/147-16.htm">Snow</a> <a href="/psalms/107-25.htm">Storm-Wind</a> <a href="/psalms/107-25.htm">Stormy</a> <a href="/job/36-33.htm">Vapor</a> <a href="/psalms/135-7.htm">Vapors</a> <a href="/job/36-33.htm">Vapour</a> <a href="/psalms/135-7.htm">Vapours</a> <a href="/psalms/107-29.htm">Whirlwind</a> <a href="/psalms/147-18.htm">Wind</a> <a href="/psalms/135-7.htm">Winds</a> <a href="/psalms/147-19.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/18-2.htm">Bidding</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-20.htm">Clouds</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-20.htm">Command</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-27.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-30.htm">Frost</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-4.htm">Fulfilling</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-2.htm">Hail</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-30.htm">Ice</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-16.htm">Lightning</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-13.htm">Mists</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-15.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-13.htm">Snow</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-25.htm">Storm-Wind</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-4.htm">Stormy</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-6.htm">Vapor</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-13.htm">Vapors</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-6.htm">Vapour</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-14.htm">Vapours</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-27.htm">Whirlwind</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-27.htm">Wind</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-32.htm">Winds</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-1.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 148</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/148-1.htm">The psalmist exhorts the celestial</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/148-7.htm">The terrestrial</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/148-11.htm">And the rational creatures to praise God</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In <a href="/exodus/9-23.htm">Exodus 9:23-26</a>, God used hail as a plague against Egypt, demonstrating His sovereignty over nature and His ability to protect His people, as the hail did not fall in the land of Goshen where the Israelites lived. Lightning is frequently associated with divine presence and revelation, as seen in <a href="/exodus/19-16.htm">Exodus 19:16</a> during the giving of the Law at Mount Sinai. These elements serve as reminders of God's control over creation and His ability to use natural phenomena to accomplish His purposes.<p><b>snow and clouds</b><br>Snow and clouds are symbols of God's majesty and purity. Snow, mentioned in <a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18</a>, is used to illustrate the cleansing power of God, turning scarlet sins as white as snow. Clouds often signify God's presence and guidance, as seen in <a href="/exodus/13-21.htm">Exodus 13:21</a>, where God led the Israelites by a pillar of cloud by day. In the New Testament, clouds are associated with the return of Christ, as described in <a href="/revelation/1-7.htm">Revelation 1:7</a>, where every eye will see Him coming with the clouds. These elements highlight God's ongoing involvement with His creation and His ultimate plan for redemption.<p><b>powerful wind fulfilling His word</b><br>The powerful wind is a metaphor for the Spirit of God, often depicted as breath or wind in Scripture. In <a href="/genesis/1-2.htm">Genesis 1:2</a>, the Spirit of God is described as hovering over the waters, indicating His role in creation. The wind fulfilling God's word can also be seen in the story of Elijah in <a href="/1_kings/19-11.htm">1 Kings 19:11-12</a>, where God was not in the wind, but it preceded His gentle whisper, showing His control over all elements. In <a href="/acts/2-2.htm">Acts 2:2</a>, the Holy Spirit's arrival is marked by a sound like a mighty rushing wind, fulfilling Jesus' promise of the Comforter. This phrase underscores the idea that all creation is at God's command, executing His will and purposes.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/psalmist.htm">Psalmist</a></b><br>The author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/148.htm">Psalm 148</a>, traditionally attributed to King David, who calls all creation to praise the Lord.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/c/creation.htm">Creation</a></b><br>The elements of nature—lightning, hail, snow, clouds, and wind—are personified as obedient servants of God, fulfilling His commands.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Creator who commands and controls the natural elements, demonstrating His sovereignty and power.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nature.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nature</a></b><br>The elements of nature are not random or chaotic but are under God's command, fulfilling His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/creation's_role_in_worship.htm">Creation's Role in Worship</a></b><br>All creation, including the weather, is called to praise God, reminding us of our role in joining the chorus of worship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_control.htm">Trust in God's Control</a></b><br>Just as God controls the powerful forces of nature, He is in control of the circumstances in our lives, inviting us to trust Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_word.htm">Obedience to God's Word</a></b><br>The natural elements obey God's commands, serving as a model for our own obedience to His word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_power_in_our_lives.htm">God's Power in Our Lives</a></b><br>Recognizing God's power in nature can strengthen our faith in His ability to work powerfully in our personal situations.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_148.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 148</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_could_angels_affect_winds_and_seas.htm">Revelation 7’s portrayal of angels affecting the earth’s winds and seas seems scientifically implausible; what natural explanation could exist for such phenomena?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_disasters_fit_god's_purposes.htm">Job 37:12–13 claims storms fulfill God’s purposes of punishment or blessing; how do natural disaster patterns fit this idea? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_eccles._8_8_conflict_with_meteorology.htm">In Ecclesiastes 8:8, does the statement that no one can control the wind conflict with modern meteorological science and technology?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_29_align_with_science.htm">How can Psalm 29's attribution of natural forces to God be reconciled with scientific laws of weather and tectonics?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/148.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">Fire.</span><span class= "ital">--Lightning, </span>as in <a href="/psalms/18-12.htm" title="At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.">Psalm 18:12</a>; <a href="/psalms/105-32.htm" title="He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.">Psalm 105:32</a>. where it is also found with "hail."<p><span class= "bld">Vapours.</span>--The same Hebrew word in <a href="/genesis/19-28.htm" title="And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, see, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.">Genesis 19:28</a> and <a href="/psalms/119-83.htm" title="For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget your statutes.">Psalm 119:83</a> is rendered "smoke," and from the use of the cognate verb is certainly connected with "burning." Hence we probably have here the figure <span class= "ital">chiasmus </span>(<span class= "ital">fire </span>and hail, snow and <span class= "ital">smoke</span>)<span class= "ital">, </span>the smoke answering to the fire, as the snow to the hail. On the other hand, from <a href="/context/psalms/18-8.htm" title="There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.">Psalm 18:8, Psa_144:5</a>, it is plain that the driving mists of a storm were regarded as smoke. (Comp. "The smoky mountain tops."--TENNYSON.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/148.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Fire and hail.</span> By "fire," in this combination, we must understand "lightning," or rather the various electrical phenomena accompanying storms in the East, which are sometimes very strange and terrible. <span class="cmt_word">Snow and vapors</span>; rather, <span class="accented">vapor</span>. The mist so often accompanying snowstorms is probably the "vapor" intended. <span class="cmt_word">Stormy wind fulfilling his word</span> (comp. <a href="/psalms/107-25.htm">Psalm 107:25</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/148-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">lightning</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֣שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’êš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_784.htm">Strong's 784: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and hail,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּ֭בָרָד</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇā·rāḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1259.htm">Strong's 1259: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hail</span><br /><br /><span class="word">snow</span><br /><span class="heb">שֶׁ֣לֶג</span> <span class="translit">(še·leḡ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7950.htm">Strong's 7950: </a> </span><span class="str2">Snow</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and clouds,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְקִיט֑וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(wə·qî·ṭō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7008.htm">Strong's 7008: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fume, cloud</span><br /><br /><span class="word">powerful</span><br /><span class="heb">סְ֝עָרָ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(sə·‘ā·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5591.htm">Strong's 5591: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hurricane</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wind</span><br /><span class="heb">ר֥וּחַ</span> <span class="translit">(rū·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7307.htm">Strong's 7307: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">fulfilling</span><br /><span class="heb">עֹשָׂ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·śāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">His word,</span><br /><span class="heb">דְבָרֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḏə·ḇā·rōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> </span><span class="str2">A word, a matter, thing, a cause</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/148-8.htm">Psalm 148:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/148-8.htm">Psalm 148:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/148-8.htm">Psalm 148:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/148-8.htm">Psalm 148:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/148-8.htm">Psalm 148:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/148-8.htm">Psalm 148:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/148-8.htm">Psalm 148:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/148-8.htm">Psalm 148:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/148-8.htm">Psalm 148:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/148-8.htm">Psalm 148:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/148-8.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 148:8 Lightning and hail snow and clouds (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/148-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 148:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 148:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/148-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 148:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 148:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>