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

"but the land which you cross over to possess [is] a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water from the rain of heaven,

"Who has divided a channel for the overflowing [water,] Or a path for the thunderbolt,

To satisfy the desolate waste, And cause to spring forth the growth of tender grass?

When He utters His voice, [There is] a multitude of waters in the heavens: "And He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain, He brings the wind out of His treasuries."

Are there any among the idols of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the heavens give showers? [Are] You not He, O LORD our God? Therefore we will wait for You, Since You have made all these.

"that you may be 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, in that He did good, gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness."

He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters, Who makes the clouds His chariot, Who walks on the wings of the wind,

He who builds His layers in the sky, And has founded His strata in the earth; Who calls for the waters of the sea, And pours them out on the face of the earth -- The LORD [is] His name.

You visit the earth and water it, You greatly enrich it; The river of God is full of water; You provide their grain, For so You have prepared it.

You crown the year with Your goodness, And Your paths drip [with] abundance.

The pastures are clothed with flocks; The valleys also are covered with grain; They shout for joy, they also sing.