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who coversהַמְכַסֶּהthe heavensשָׁמַיִםwith clouds,בְּעָבִיםwho preparesהַמֵּכִיןrainמָטָרfor the earth,לָאָרֶץwho makes sproutהַמַּצְמִיחַgrassחָצִירon the mountains,הָרִים
Psalms 147:8
Study it in the app“who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes sprout grass on the mountains,”
The psalmist sees God giving rain, grass, and food to the young ravensProvidence
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 147:8, word by word
- who coversמְכַסֶּהmechase
cover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “mechase” appears- the heavensשָׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- with cloudsעָבִיםavim
thick cloud
A dark, laden cloud that brings rain or storm.
Where else “avim” appears- who preparesמֵּכִיןmechin
prepare
To get something set and done beforehand.
Where else “mechin” appears- rainמָטָרmatar
rain
Rain.
Where else “matar” appears- for the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- who makes sproutמַּצְמִיחַmatsmiach
sprout
Sprout, spring up; begin to grow.
Where else “matsmiach” appears- grassחָצִירchatsir
grass
Grass that soon withers.
Where else “chatsir” appears- on the mountainsהָרִיםharim
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears
The context
7Sing to YHWH with thanksgiving; sing psalms to our Elohim with the lyre,
8 · This verse (above)
9who gives to the livestock its food, to the young of the raven that cry out.