Likewise the word of Yahwe has in the biblical hymns its independent existence. This is apparent in Psalm 29, although in this instance it is the thunder, as the voice of the deity, to which the devastation in nature is attributed. Yahwe’s word exerts its power in nature; causing the snow and ice to form, and again causing them to disappear:
He sendeth his command to earth;
Swiftly runneth his word.
—Psalm 147:15.
He sendeth his word and melteth them;
He causeth his wind to blow and the water flows.
—Psalm 147:18.
Fire and hail, snow and vapor,
Storm wind fulfilling his word.
—Psalm 148:8.