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Psalm 135:7

He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings with the rain. He brings the wind out of his treasuries.

5For I know that the LORD is great, that our Lord is above all gods.
6Whatever the LORD pleased, that he has done, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps.
7He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings with the rain. He brings the wind out of his treasuries.
8He struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and animal.
9He sent signs and wonders into the middle of you, Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his servants.
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Wind comes out of God's treasuries in this poem, making a force beyond human control a reason for wonder at his rule.

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Deuteronomy 28:12Both passages connect rain with God's provision from his treasure, describing the sky as subject to his command.
Jeremiah 14:22Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the sky give showers? Aren’t you he, the LORD our God? Therefore we will wait for …Both passages name God as the one who causes rain, with Jeremiah contrasting his power with the nations' vanities.
Jeremiah 51:16When he utters his voice, there is a roar of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the …Both describe rising moisture from the ends of the earth, lightning with rain, and wind brought out of God's treasuries.
Job 28:25He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.Both describe God's authority over wind and water; Job speaks of their force and measure.
Jeremiah 10:13When he utters his voice, the waters in the heavens roar, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings for the rain, and …Both describe moisture rising from the ends of the earth and God bringing wind out of his treasuries.
Job 38:22Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,The psalm's treasuries of wind share the storage imagery of Job's storehouses of snow and hail.
Zechariah 10:1Ask of the LORD rain in the spring time, the LORD who makes storm clouds, and he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field.Both attribute clouds and rain to the LORD; Zechariah directs people to ask him for rain.
John 6:18The sea was tossed by a great wind blowing.Wind appears in both passages, though John describes its effect on the sea without naming its source.
Genesis 2:5No plant of the field was yet on the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not …Both identify God as the one who causes rain; Genesis describes the earth before he had sent it.
Jonah 1:4But the LORD sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was likely to break up.Both name the LORD as the source of wind; Jonah describes a particular wind that threatened a ship.
Job 26:8He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.Both describe God's command over clouds and water, with Job picturing clouds holding water without bursting.
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The weather overhead belongs to the reach of God's rule. This poem makes no promise of calm skies; it declares that even the wind is his to command.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).