Praise YAH! Praise the name of Jehovah; praise Him, O you servants of Jehovah!

It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud;

And it came to pass the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there is a cloud, as small as a man's hand, rising out of the sea! So he said, Go up, say to Ahab, Prepare your chariot, and go down before the rain stops you.

And it happened in the meantime that the sky became black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy rain. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.

He binds up the waters in His thick clouds, yet the clouds are not split open under them.

He covers the face of His throne, and spreads His cloud over it.

For He draws up drops of water, which distill as rain from the mist,

Also, can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunder from His canopy?

For by these He judges the peoples; He gives food in abundance.

His thunder declares it; the cattle also go up.

By what way is light diffused, or the east wind scattered over the earth?

to cause it to rain on a land where there is no man, a wilderness devoid of mankind;

and I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor dug; but briers and thorns shall come up. And I will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

You visit the earth and water it; You greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; You provide their grain, for in this way You have prepared it.

You crown the year with Your goodness, and Your trenches drip with fertility.

The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with grain; they shout for joy and sing.

He waters the hills from His upper chambers; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works.

He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and vegetation for the service of man, that he may bring forth food out of the earth,

He gives rain upon the face of the earth, and sends waters abroad;

Are there any among the vain idols of the nations who can make it rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Is it not You, O Jehovah our God. Therefore we will wait upon You; for You have made all these things.

Be glad then, you sons of Zion, and rejoice in Jehovah your God. For He has given to you the early rain according to righteousness, and He will cause the rain to come down for you, the early rain and the latter rain in the first month.

you who turn justice into wormwood, and lay righteousness to rest on the earth.

He who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the deep darkness into morning, and darkens the day into night; who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the face of the earth, Jehovah is His name;

that you may become sons of your Father in Heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Nevertheless He did not leave Himself without witness, doing good, giving us rain from the heavens and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

Elijah was a man with feelings like ours, and he prayed to God that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.

And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth sprouted its fruit.