²⁰ by his knowledge the watery depths were divided,
    and the clouds let drop the dew.

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)

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

⁸ “Who shut up the sea behind doors^(A)
    when it burst forth from the womb,^(B)
9 when I made the clouds its garment
    and wrapped it in thick darkness,^(C)
10 when I fixed limits for it^(D)
    and set its doors and bars in place,^(E)
11 when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther;^(F)
    here is where your proud waves halt’?^(G)

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)

²⁸ May God give you heaven’s dew^(A)
    and earth’s richness^(B)—
    an abundance of grain^(C) and new wine.^(D)

²³ Be glad, people of Zion,
    rejoice^(A) in the Lord your God,
for he has given you the autumn rains
    because he is faithful.^(B)
He sends you abundant showers,^(C)
    both autumn^(D) and spring rains,^(E) as before.