⁸ “You heavens above, rain^(A) down my righteousness;^(B)
    let the clouds shower it down.
Let the earth open wide,
    let salvation^(C) spring up,
let righteousness flourish with it;
    I, the Lord, have created it.

⁵ Does a bird swoop down to a trap on the ground
    when no bait^(A) is there?
Does a trap spring up from the ground
    if it has not caught anything?

64 ^[a]Oh, that you would rend the heavens^(A) and come down,^(B)
    that the mountains^(C) would tremble before you!

⁹ All the nations you have made
    will come^(A) and worship^(B) before you, Lord;
    they will bring glory^(C) to your name.

⁴ Who will not fear you, Lord,^(A)
    and bring glory to your name?^(B)
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come
    and worship before you,^(C)
for your righteous acts^(D) have been revealed.”^[a]