⁸ He covers the sky with clouds;^(A)
    he supplies the earth with rain^(B)
    and makes grass grow^(C) on the hills.

³ Therefore the showers have been withheld,^(A)
    and no spring rains^(B) have fallen.
Yet you have the brazen^(C) look of a prostitute;
    you refuse to blush with shame.^(D)

²⁴ They do not say to themselves,
    ‘Let us fear^(A) the Lord our God,
who gives autumn and spring rains^(B) in season,
    who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.’^(C)

²³ Be glad, people of Zion,
    rejoice^(A) in the Lord your God,
for he has given you the autumn rains
    because he is faithful.^(B)
He sends you abundant showers,^(C)
    both autumn^(D) and spring rains,^(E) as before.