He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
Ver. 17. He casteth forth his ice like morsels] Or, shivers of bread. It is a witty saying of one from this text: The ice is bread, the rain is drink, the snow is wool, the frost a fire to the earth, causing it inwardly to glow with heat; teaching us what to do for God's poor.
Who can stand before his cold] Who can endure it, when and where it is extreme especially; as in Russia, Friezeland, &c.