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18 Then he commands it all to melt.
He makes the warm wind blow,
    and the ice becomes streams of water.
19 He sends his message to Jacob's descendants.
He gives his rules and laws to Israel's people.[a]
20 He has not done that for any other nation.
    They do not know his laws.[b]
Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!

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Footnotes

  1. 147:19 Israel is the name that God gave to Jacob. So Jacob's descendants and Israel's people both mean the Israelites.
  2. 147:20 At that time, only the Israelite people knew God's rules and laws. Now, everybody who has a Bible can know how God wants us to live.