Look, your dwelling place will be
away from the richness of the land,
away from the dew of the sky above.

² Let my teaching fall like rain
and my word settle like dew,
like gentle rain on new grass
and showers on tender plants.

May his land be blessed by the Lord
with the dew of heaven’s bounty
and the watery depths that lie beneath;^(A)

²⁸ So Israel dwells securely;^(A)
Jacob lives untroubled^[a](B)
in a land of grain and new wine;
even his skies drip with dew.^(C)

²¹ Mountains of Gilboa,
let no dew or rain be on you,
or fields of offerings,^[a]
for there the shield of the mighty was defiled^(A)—
the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.^(B)

²⁰ By his knowledge the watery depths broke open,^(A)
and the clouds dripped with dew.^(B)

I will quietly look out from my place,
like shimmering heat in sunshine,
like a rain cloud in harvest heat.

⁵ I will be like the dew to Israel;^(A)
he will blossom like the lily^(B)
and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.^(C)

¹⁰ So on your account,^[a]
the skies have withheld the dew
and the land its crops.^(A)