²⁶ when he made a decree for the rain^(A)
    and a path for the thunderstorm,^(B)

²⁵ Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain,
    and a path for the thunderstorm,^(A)

³ He unleashes his lightning^(A) beneath the whole heaven
    and sends it to the ends of the earth.^(B)

⁷ “I also withheld^(A) rain from you
    when the harvest was still three months away.
I sent rain on one town,
    but withheld it from another.^(B)
One field had rain;
    another had none and dried up.

²² Do any of the worthless idols^(A) of the nations bring rain?^(B)
    Do the skies themselves send down showers?
No, it is you, Lord our God.
    Therefore our hope is in you,
    for you are the one who does all this.^(C)

⁸ lightning and hail,^(A) snow and clouds,
    stormy winds that do his bidding,^(B)

³ The voice^(A) of the Lord is over the waters;
    the God of glory^(B) thunders,^(C)
    the Lord thunders over the mighty waters.^(D)
4 The voice of the Lord is powerful;^(E)
    the voice of the Lord is majestic.
⁵ The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
    the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.^(F)
6 He makes Lebanon leap^(G) like a calf,
    Sirion^[a](H) like a young wild ox.^(I)
7 The voice of the Lord strikes
    with flashes of lightning.^(J)
8 The voice of the Lord shakes the desert;
    the Lord shakes the Desert of Kadesh.^(K)
9 The voice of the Lord twists the oaks^[b](L)
    and strips the forests bare.
And in his temple all cry, “Glory!”^(M)

¹⁰ The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;^(N)
    the Lord is enthroned as King forever.^(O)

²⁷ to satisfy a desolate wasteland
    and make it sprout with grass?^(A)