John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 147:18
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them ,.... The snow, the hoar frost, and ice: this he does by a word of his, who can freeze the earth and waters, and thaw them at his pleasure; by ordering the sun to break forth with great heat, or rain to fall in great plenty; of both which Kimchi interprets his word; as well as by causing a warm wind to blow, as follows, he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters to flow : the south wind particularly; then the waters, which were still and... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 147:17
He casteth forth his ice like morsels ,.... Divided like morsels, as the Targum; cut into pieces, like morsels of bread. This seems to have respect to hail stones, which sometimes fall like pieces of ice, and are very prejudicial to the fruits of the earth: this was one of the ten plagues of Egypt; and whereby also many of the Canaanites were destroyed in the times of Joshua, Exodus 9:23 ; and there is an exceeding great storm of hail yet to come, very dreadful; see Revelation 16:21 .... read more