If you do, he will send rain on your land when it is needed, in the autumn and in the spring, so that there will be grain, wine, and olive oil for you,

I will send you rain at the right time, so that the land will produce crops and the trees will bear fruit.

Have you ever visited the storerooms, where I keep the snow and the hail?

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:

What a rich harvest your goodness provides! Wherever you go there is plenty.

The fields are covered with sheep; the valleys are full of wheat. Everything shouts and sings for joy.

He brings storm clouds from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning for the storms, and he brings out the wind from his storeroom.

"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.

The threshing places will be full of grain; the pits beside the presses will overflow with wine and olive oil.

This food is for the Levites, since they own no property, and for the foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your towns. They are to come and get all they need. Do this, and the LORD your God will bless you in everything you do.

Give to them freely and unselfishly, and the LORD will bless you in everything you do.

They will have money to lend you, but you will have none to lend them. In the end they will be your rulers.

The LORD will bless you, as he has promised. You will lend money to many nations, but you will not have to borrow from any; you will have control over many nations, but no nation will have control over you.

Poor people are slaves of the rich. Borrow money and you are the lender's slave.