Psalms 68:9

O God, you cause abundant showers to fall ¹  on your chosen people. ²  When they ³  are tired, you sustain them, ⁴ 

You gave abundant showers, O God; you refreshed your weary inheritance.

You shed abroad a plentiful rain, O God; You confirmed Your inheritance when it was parched.

You sent abundant rain, O God, to refresh the weary Promised Land.

You pour out rain in buckets, O God; thorn and cactus become an oasis

You, O God, did freely send the rain, giving strength to the weariness of your heritage.

Rain in abundance, O God, you showered abroad; you restored your heritage when it languished;

You, O God, sent a plentiful rain, Whereby You confirmed Your inheritance, When it was weary.

O God, you cause abundant showers to fall ¹  on your chosen people. ²  When they ³  are tired, you sustain them, ⁴ 

¹ tn The verb נוּף (nuf, “cause rain to fall”) is a homonym of the more common נוּף (“brandish”).

² tn Heb “[on] your inheritance.” This refers to Israel as God’s specially chosen people (see Pss 28:9; 33:12; 74:2; 78:62, 71; 79:1; 94:5, 14; 106:40). Some take “your inheritance” with what follows, but the vav (ו) prefixed to the following word (note וְנִלְאָה, vÿnil’ah) makes this syntactically unlikely.

³ tn Heb “it [is],” referring to God’s “inheritance.”

⁴ tn Heb “it,” referring to God’s “inheritance.”