so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;

for in Him we live and move and exist, as also some of your own poets have said, For we are also His offspring.

i1 [To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] i0 par The heavens declare the glory of the Mighty God; and the firmament proclaims His handiwork.

There is no speech nor words where their voice is not heard.

because what may be known of God is clearly recognized by them, for God has revealed it to them.

For ever since the creation of the world the unseen things of Him are clearly perceived, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,

Your mercy, O Jehovah, is in the heavens; Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! And the sons of men take refuge under the shadow of Your wings.

i1 [To the Chief Musician. Maschil. A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said to him, David has come to the house of Ahimelech.] i0 par Why do you boast yourself in evil, O mighty man? The Mighty God is good daily.

O Jehovah, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all. The earth is full of Your possessions;

There the ships go; there is that leviathan which You have fashioned to play in it.

What You give them they gather in; You open Your hand, they are filled with good.

Jehovah is good to all, and His compassions are over all His works.

The eyes of all wait upon You, and You give them their food in due season.

You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.

then I will give you rain in its season, the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

then I will give you the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil.

Jehovah will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.

And it came to pass after many days that the Word of Jehovah came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go, present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.

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

For He says to the snow, Fall on the earth; likewise to the showers of rain and the showers of heavy rain.

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

Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?

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.

You, O God, sent a plentiful rain, by which You established Your inheritance when it was weary.

Your community has dwelt in it; You, O God, have provided from Your goodness for the poor.

Sing unto Jehovah with thanksgiving; make music with the harp to our God,

who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the mountains.

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.

Neither do they say in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, who gives both the former and the latter rain in its season; He reserves unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

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.

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.

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.

lest, when you have eaten and been filled, and have built beautiful houses and dwelt in them;

when your heart is lifted up, and you forget Jehovah your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

And they captured strong cities and a rich land, and took possession of houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled and grew fat, and lived luxuriously in Your great goodness.

But behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine, saying, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!

Command those who are rich in this present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.