¹⁸ A wicked person earns deceptive wages,
    but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.^(A)

“Break up your unplowed ground^(A)
    and do not sow among thorns.^(B)

⁸ “You heavens above, rain^(A) down my righteousness;^(B)
    let the clouds shower it down.
Let the earth open wide,
    let salvation^(C) spring up,
let righteousness flourish with it;
    I, the Lord, have created it.