The trees of the Lord ¹  receive all the rain they need, ²  the cedars of Lebanon which he planted,

Moab is my wash basin. ¹  I will make Edom serve me. ²  I will shout in triumph over Philistia.”

O fire and hail, snow and clouds, ¹  O stormy wind that carries out his orders, ² 

Drink water from your own cistern and running water from your own well. ¹ 

He flashes ¹  destruction down upon the strong so that destruction overwhelms ²  the fortified places.)

But when he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not respond.

They ¹  continued to stone Stephen while he prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”

You visit the earth and give it rain; ¹  you make it rich and fertile ²  with overflowing streams full of water. ³  You provide grain for them, ⁴  for you prepare the earth to yield its crops. ⁵ 

‘for there will be a peaceful time of sowing, the vine will produce its fruit and the ground its yield, and the skies ¹  will rain down dew. Then I will allow the remnant of my people to possess all these things.

These men are ¹  dangerous reefs ²  at your love feasts, ³  feasting without reverence, ⁴  feeding only themselves. ⁵  They are ⁶  waterless ⁷  clouds, carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit ⁸  – twice dead, ⁹  uprooted;

The flood engulfed the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark and raised it above the earth.

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

He ¹  will afflict you with weakness, ²  fever, inflammation, infection, ³  sword, ⁴  blight, and mildew; these will attack you until you perish.

Of Joseph he said: May the Lord bless his land with the harvest produced by the sky, ¹  by the dew, and by the depths crouching beneath;

Israel lives in safety, the fountain of Jacob is quite secure, ¹  in a land of grain and new wine; indeed, its heavens ²  rain down dew. ³ 

The Lord’s shout bends ¹  the large trees ²  and strips ³  the leaves from the forests. ⁴  Everyone in his temple says, “Majestic!” ⁵ 

Moab is my washbasin. ¹  I will make Edom serve me. ²  I will shout in triumph over Philistia.” ³ 

He loved to curse ¹  others, so those curses have come upon him. ²  He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings. ³ 

May he rain down ¹  fiery coals upon them! May he throw them into the fire! From bottomless pits they will not escape. ² 

It ¹  furiously struck down nations with unceasing blows. ²  It angrily ruled over nations, oppressing them without restraint. ³