⁶ He says to the snow,^(A) ‘Fall on the earth,’
    and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’^(B)

²² “Have you entered the storehouses of the snow^(A)
    or seen the storehouses^(B) of the hail,^(C)

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

¹⁶ He spreads the snow^(A) like wool
    and scatters the frost^(B) like ashes.
¹⁷ He hurls down his hail^(C) like pebbles.
    Who can withstand his icy blast?
¹⁸ He sends his word^(D) and melts them;
    he stirs up his breezes,^(E) and the waters flow.

⁶ he builds his lofty palace^[a](A) in the heavens
    and sets its foundation^[b] on the earth;
he calls for the waters of the sea
    and pours them out over the face of the land—
    the Lord is his name.^(B)

³ A ruler^[a] who oppresses the poor
    is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.

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