Who closed the gates to hold back the sea when it burst from the womb of the earth?

We cannot understand the great things he does, and to his miracles there is no end.

He sends rain on the land and he waters the fields.

It's the dry season, isn't it? But I will pray, and the LORD will send thunder and rain. When this happens, you will realize that you committed a great sin against the LORD when you asked him for a king."

So Samuel prayed, and on that same day the LORD sent thunder and rain. Then all the people became afraid of the LORD and of Samuel,

You show your care for the land by sending rain; you make it rich and fertile. You fill the streams with water; you provide the earth with crops. This is how you do it:

you send abundant rain on the plowed fields and soak them with water; you soften the soil with showers and cause the young plants to grow.

You never thought to honor me, even though I send the autumn rains and the spring rains and give you the harvest season each year.

At his command the waters above the sky roar; he brings clouds from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning flash in the rain and sends the wind from his storeroom.

None of the idols of the nations can send rain; the sky by itself cannot make showers fall. We have put our hope in you, O LORD our God, because you are the one who does these things.

"Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice at what the LORD your God has done for you. He has given you the right amount of autumn rain; he has poured down the winter rain for you and the spring rain as before.

I kept it from raining when your crops needed it most. I sent rain on one city, but not on another. Rain fell on one field, but another field dried up.

so that you may become the children of your Father in heaven. For he makes his sun to shine on bad and good people alike, and gives rain to those who do good and to those who do evil.

I was like a tree whose roots always have water and whose branches are wet with dew.

May God give you dew from heaven and make your fields fertile! May he give you plenty of grain and wine!

Then Isaac said to him, "No dew from heaven for you, No fertile fields for you.

About the tribe of Joseph he said: "May the LORD bless their land with rain And with water from under the earth.

So Jacob's descendants live in peace, secure in a land full of grain and wine, where dew from the sky waters the ground.

"May no rain or dew fall on Gilboa's hills; may its fields be always barren! For the shields of the brave lie there in disgrace; the shield of Saul is no longer polished with oil.

A prophet named Elijah, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to King Ahab, "In the name of the LORD, the living God of Israel, whom I serve, I tell you that there will be no dew or rain for the next two or three years until I say so."

His wisdom caused the rivers to flow and the clouds to give rain to the earth.

I will be to the people of Israel like rain in a dry land. They will blossom like flowers; they will be firmly rooted like the trees of Lebanon.