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Psalm 148:8
lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy wind, fulfilling his word,
6He has also established them forever and ever. He has made a decree which will not pass away.
7Praise the LORD from the earth, you great sea creatures, and all depths,
8lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy wind, fulfilling his word,
9mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,
10wild animals and all livestock, small creatures and flying birds,
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Lightning and hail belong to this song of praise, where even stormy wind is described as fulfilling God's word.
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Psalm 147:15–18He sends out his commandment to the earth. His word runs very swiftly.Both passages describe God's word governing the earth: one names his command going out, the other names weather fulfilling it.
Job 37:12It is turned around by his guidance, that they may do whatever he commands them on the surface of the habitable world,Both passages describe forces in the natural world carrying out God's commands.
Psalm 104:4He makes his messengers winds, and his servants flames of fire.Both passages place wind in God's service, describing it as his messenger or as fulfilling his word.
Psalm 107:25For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves.Both passages name stormy wind under God's command; Psalm 107 describes that wind lifting the waves.
Matthew 8:9For I am also a man under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and tell another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and tell my …The shared thread is obedience to authority: weather fulfills God's word, while the centurion describes soldiers and a servant following orders.
Psalm 147:16He gives snow like wool, and scatters frost like ashes.Both passages name snow as subject to God, who gives it and whose word it fulfills.
Exodus 9:23Moses stretched out his rod toward the heavens, and the LORD sent thunder and hail; and lightning flashed down to the earth. The LORD rained hail on the land …Both passages name lightning and hail under God's authority; Exodus recounts the LORD sending them upon Egypt.
Ezekiel 13:13“‘Therefore the Lord GOD says: “I will even tear it with a stormy wind in my wrath. There will be an overflowing shower in my anger, and great hailstones in …Both passages name stormy wind and hail under God's authority; Ezekiel describes them as instruments of wrath.
Mark 4:39He awoke and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” The wind ceased and there was a great calm.Both passages portray wind responding to divine authority; Mark recounts Jesus rebuking the wind and its ceasing.
Job 36:27For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,Both passages attribute weather to God's action, with Job describing water drawn up and distilled as rain.
Job 36:32He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.Both passages name lightning under God's command; Job describes him directing where it strikes.
Revelation 16:21Great hailstones, about the weight of a talent, came down out of the sky on people. People blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for this plague …Hail appears in both passages, within creation's praise in the psalm and as a severe plague in Revelation.
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The stormy wind has a place in this song of praise. Its force does not make it sovereign; it remains subject to God's word.
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