² May my teaching soak in like the rain,
    and my utterance drench like the dew,
Like a downpour upon the grass,
    like a shower upon the crops.

⁸ Let justice descend, you heavens, like dew from above,
    like gentle rain let the clouds drop it down.
Let the earth open and salvation bud forth;
    let righteousness spring up with them!^[a]
    I, the Lord, have created this.^(A)

³ Let us know, let us strive to know the Lord;
    as certain as the dawn is his coming.
He will come to us like the rain,
    like spring rain that waters the earth.”^(A)