He waters the mountains from the upper rooms of his palace; ¹  the earth is full of the fruit you cause to grow. ² 

I spread my hands out to you in prayer; ¹  my soul thirsts for you in a parched ²  land. ³ 

A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife ¹  are alike. ² 

Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain fell on them, ¹  she did not allow the birds of the air to feed ²  on them by day, nor the wild animals ³  by night.

However, the people are numerous and it is the rainy season. ¹  We are unable to stand here outside. Furthermore, this business cannot be resolved in a day or two, for we have sinned greatly in this matter.

like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds after the rain. ¹  This was the appearance of the surrounding brilliant light; it looked like the glory of the Lord. When I saw ²  it, I threw myself face down, and I heard a voice speaking.

O Lord, when you departed ¹  from Seir, when you marched from Edom’s plains, the earth shook, the heavens poured down, the clouds poured down rain. ² 

Look, the sovereign master ¹  sends a strong, powerful one. ²  With the force of a hailstorm or a destructive windstorm, ³  with the might of a driving, torrential rainstorm, ⁴  he will knock that crown ⁵  to the ground with his hand. ⁶ 

So be patient, brothers and sisters, ¹  until the Lord’s return. ²  Think of how the farmer waits ³  for the precious fruit of the ground and is patient ⁴  for it until it receives the early and late rains.

and lays the beams of the upper rooms of his palace on the rain clouds. ¹  He makes the clouds his chariot, and travels along on the wings of the wind. ² 

I will turn them and the regions around my hill into a blessing. I will make showers come down in their season; they will be showers that bring blessing. ¹ 

I will increase their ¹  disasters, I will use up my arrows on them.

They are a nation devoid of wisdom, and there is no understanding among them.

When he made ¹  the force of the wind and measured ²  the waters with a gauge.

A tempest blows out from its chamber, icy cold from the driving winds. ¹ 

to satisfy a devastated and desolate land, and to cause it to sprout with vegetation? ¹ 

He rained down manna for them to eat; he gave them the grain of heaven. ¹ 

He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-fig trees with driving rain.

This ¹  has been my practice, for I observe your precepts.

Praise him, O highest heaven, and you waters above the sky! ¹