For he saith to the snow, Be thou [on] the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
Ver. 6. For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth] He commandeth it, and it is done; for together with his word there goeth forth a power. Dixisse Dei, est fecisse. Psalms 147:1,20, God giveth snow like wool. Many wonders there are in snow; as that it should be made in the lowest part of the air, and not above where it is coldest; that it should snow upon the earth, but never upon the sea, as Pliny saith; that snow should lie continually, not only upon the Alps, but upon Mount Aetna, where fire flames out; that no snow falleth in Egypt; but in Tartary, a hot country, sometimes it snoweth in the heat of summer; that it serves for a cover to preserve the earth's heat, though itself be cold; that being white, it should sometimes bring forth red worms, &c.
Likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength] Not a drop of rain, whether it come leisurely or hastily, but falleth by a divine decree, Job 28:26, See Trapp on " Job 28:26 " The Chaldee paraphrast understandeth here the summer and winter rains. God showeth his strength in a thing so weak and diffluent of itself, that thereby he may overturn and break in pieces the proudest of men's spirits; for whom also, if they repent not, he hath a more terrible rain, Psalms 11:6, overflowing with fire and brimstone, Eze 38:22