“He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.”
He it is who causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses. This verse illustrates divine sovereignty through control of meteorological phenomena—the processes of evaporation, lightning, rain, and wind. The naming of these specific phenomena suggests that what appears natural or mechanical is actually directly governed by God's intention and power. The poetic imagery of wind stored in storehouses emphasizes divine active management of creation; the universe is not a self-running mechanism but remains subject to God's constant attention. This verse demonstrates that cosmic forces ordinary and dramatic, small-scale and large, remain under God's governance. The inclusion of weather imagery connects God's political power over Israel (asserted in verses 4-5) to power over nature itself.
Church Fathers on Psalms 135:7
1. Very pleasant ought it be to us, and we should rejoice because it is pleasant, to which this Psalm exhorts us. For it says, “Praise the name of the Lord” Psalm 134:1. And it immediately appends the reason, why it is just to praise the name of the Lord. “Praise the Lord, you servants.” What more just? What more worthy? What more thankful?...For if He teaches His own servants who have deserved well of Him, the preachers of His Word, the rulers of His Church, the worshippers…
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