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25 “Who has cut a channel for the torrents of rain
    and a way for the thunderbolt,(A)

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26 when he made a decree for the rain,
    and a way for the thunderbolt,(A)

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The voice of the Lord is over the waters;
    the God of glory thunders,
    the Lord, over mighty waters.(A)
The voice of the Lord is powerful;
    the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.(B)

The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
    the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon.(C)
He makes Lebanon skip like a calf
    and Sirion like a young wild ox.(D)

The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire.
The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;
    the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.(E)

The voice of the Lord causes the oaks to whirl[a]
    and strips the forest bare,
    and in his temple all say, “Glory!”(F)

10 The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;
    the Lord sits enthroned as king forever.(G)

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  1. 29.9 Or causes the deer to calve

Under the whole heaven he lets it loose,
    and his lightning to the corners of the earth.
After it his voice roars;
    he thunders with his majestic voice,
    and he does not restrain the lightnings[a] when his voice is heard.(A)
God thunders wondrously with his voice;
    he does great things that we cannot comprehend.(B)
For to the snow he says, ‘Fall on the earth’;
    and the shower of rain, his heavy shower of rain,(C)

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  1. 37.4 Heb them

27 For he draws up the drops of water;
    he distills[a] his mist in rain,(A)
28 which the skies pour down
    and drop upon mortals abundantly.

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  1. 36.27 Cn: Heb they distill