²⁷ “He draws up the drops of water,^(A)
    which distill as rain to the streams^[a];^(B)

⁸ He covers the sky with clouds;^(A)
    he supplies the earth with rain^(B)
    and makes grass grow^(C) on the hills.

²⁵ Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain,
    and a path for the thunderstorm,^(A)
26 to water^(B) a land where no one lives,
    an uninhabited desert,^(C)
27 to satisfy a desolate wasteland
    and make it sprout with grass?^(D)
28 Does the rain have a father?^(E)
    Who fathers the drops of dew?

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)

⁶ I will make it a wasteland,^(A)
    neither pruned nor cultivated,
    and briers and thorns^(B) will grow there.
I will command the clouds
    not to rain^(C) on it.”

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

⁹ You care for the land and water it;^(A)
    you enrich it abundantly.^(B)
The streams of God are filled with water
    to provide the people with grain,^(C)
    for so you have ordained it.^[a]
10 You drench its furrows and level its ridges;
    you soften it with showers^(D) and bless its crops.
¹¹ You crown the year with your bounty,^(E)
    and your carts overflow with abundance.^(F)
12 The grasslands of the wilderness overflow;^(G)
    the hills are clothed with gladness.^(H)
13 The meadows are covered with flocks^(I)
    and the valleys are mantled with grain;^(J)
    they shout for joy and sing.^(K)

³⁴ “Can you raise your voice to the clouds
    and cover yourself with a flood of water?^(A)

³³ His thunder announces the coming storm;^(A)
    even the cattle make known its approach.^[a](B)