¹⁰ As the rain^(A) and the snow
    come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
    without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,^(B)
    so that it yields seed^(C) for the sower and bread for the eater,^(D)

²⁷ “He draws up the drops of water,^(A)
    which distill as rain to the streams^[a];^(B)
28 the clouds pour down their moisture
    and abundant showers^(C) fall on mankind.^(D)