⁵ I will be like the dew^(A) to Israel;
    he will blossom like a lily.^(B)
Like a cedar of Lebanon^(C)
    he will send down his roots;^(D)

⁶ In days to come Jacob will take root,^(A)
    Israel will bud and blossom^(B)
    and fill all the world with fruit.^(C)

¹⁶ May grain^(A) abound throughout the land;
    on the tops of the hills may it sway.
May the crops^(B) flourish like Lebanon^(C)
    and thrive^[a] like the grass of the field.^(D)

¹⁹ My roots will reach to the water,^(A)
    and the dew will lie all night on my branches.^(B)

² Let my teaching fall like rain^(A)
    and my words descend like dew,^(B)
like showers^(C) on new grass,
    like abundant rain on tender plants.

⁷ The remnant^(A) of Jacob will be
    in the midst of many peoples
like dew^(B) from the Lord,
    like showers on the grass,^(C)
which do not wait for anyone
    or depend on man.