¹⁸ Then, at his command, it all melts.
    He sends his winds, and the ice thaws.

¹⁵ He sends his orders to the world—
    how swiftly his word flies!

⁹ For when he spoke, the world began!
    It appeared at his command.

¹⁰ God’s breath sends the ice,
    freezing wide expanses of water.

¹⁶     when it is swollen with ice and melting snow.
¹⁷ But when the hot weather arrives, the water disappears.
    The brook vanishes in the heat.

²⁰ He sent out his word and healed them,
    snatching them from the door of death.

¹⁷ When you are sweltering in your clothes
    and the south wind dies down and everything is still,