Psalms 147:16

“He giveth snow like wool, etc.] For colour as white as wool; so the Targum and Kimchi: and for the manner of its falling, lightly and gently as a lock of wool; which for its thinness and fineness it also resembles. Hence the ancients used to call snow eriwdev udwr, “woolly water”f1958; and Martialf1959 gives it the name of “densum veilus aquarum”, “a thick fleece of waters”: so another poetf1960 calls clouds flying fleeces of wool, to which they sometimes seem like; Plinyf1961 calls it the from of the celestial waters. And it is like wool for its usefulness to the earth; for as wool covers the sheep, and clothes made of it cover men, and keep them warm; so snow filling upon the earth covers…”

“He giveth snow like wool - He covers the earth with snow, so that it seems to have a clothing of wool. Compare the notes at Job 37:6 : “For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth.” He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes - As if ashes were strewed over the earth; or, as easily as one strews ashes. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Like wool - Not only in colour and shape, and softness, but also in use, keeping the fruits of the earth warm. Ashes - In colour and smallness of parts, as also in its burning quality. Psalms 147:17”

“giveth: Psa 148:8; Job 37:6; Isa 55:10 scattereth: Job 37:9, Job 37:10, Job 38:29 Psalms 147:17”