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8Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
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Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. …
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)Here, I. The duty of praise is recommended to us. It is not without reason that we are thus called to it again and again: Praise you the Lord (Ps. 147:1), and again (Ps. 147:7), Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving, sing praise upon the harp to our God (let all our praises be directed to him and centre in him), for it is good to do so; it is our duty, and therefore good in itself; it is our intere…
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