For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind (comp. Psalms 147:15, Psalms 147:18; Jonah 1:4). The operations of nature are constantly spoken of in Scripture as God's direct doing. Which lifteth up the waves thereof; or, "the waves that are his" (compare, in Psalms 147:17, Psalms 147:18, "his ice, his cold, his wind").
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Psalms 107:25
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