O sky, rain down from above! Let the clouds send down showers ¹  of deliverance! Let the earth absorb it ²  so salvation may grow, ³  and deliverance may sprout up ⁴  along with it. I, the Lord, create it. ⁵ 

For the music director; a psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; ²  the sky displays his handiwork. ³ 

Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the sky! Praise him in the heavens!

“The time will come when ¹  the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people ²  sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, ³  and turn away from their sin because you punish ⁴  them,

“The time will come when ¹  the skies ²  are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people ³  sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, ⁴  and turn away from their sin because you punish ⁵  them,

All the stars in the sky will fade away, ¹  the sky will roll up like a scroll; all its stars will wither, like a leaf withers and falls from a vine or a fig withers and falls from a tree. ² 

I will break your strong pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze.

The Lord will make the rain of your land powder and dust; it will come down on you from the sky until you are destroyed.

to the one who rides through the sky from ancient times! ¹  Look! He thunders loudly. ² 

Your justice, O God, extends to the skies above; ¹  you have done great things. ²  O God, who can compare to you? ³ 

The pillars ¹  of the heavens tremble and are amazed at his rebuke. ² 

There is no actual speech or word, nor is its ¹  voice literally heard.

The Lord watches ¹  from heaven; he sees all people. ² 

Faithfulness grows from the ground, and deliverance looks down from the sky. ¹ 

The Lord is exalted over all the nations; his splendor reaches beyond the sky. ¹ 

to the one who made the great lights, for his loyal love endures,

I can clothe the sky in darkness; I can cover it with sackcloth.”

Look up at the sky! Look at the earth below! For the sky will dissipate ¹  like smoke, and the earth will wear out like clothes; its residents will die like gnats. But the deliverance I give ²  is permanent; the vindication I provide ³  will not disappear. ⁴ 

This happened three times, and immediately the object was taken up into heaven. ¹ 

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