“Your dwelling will be
    away from the earth’s richness,
    away from the dew^(B) of heaven above.^(C)

² Let my teaching fall like rain^(A)
    and my words descend like dew,^(B)
like showers^(C) on new grass,
    like abundant rain on tender plants.

“May the Lord bless his land
    with the precious dew from heaven above
    and with the deep waters that lie below;^(B)

²⁸ So Israel will live in safety;^(A)
    Jacob will dwell^[a] secure
in a land of grain and new wine,
    where the heavens drop dew.^(B)

²¹ “Mountains of Gilboa,^(A)
    may you have neither dew^(B) nor rain,^(C)
    may no showers fall on your terraced fields.^[a](D)
For there the shield of the mighty was despised,
    the shield of Saul—no longer rubbed with oil.^(E)

²⁰ by his knowledge the watery depths were divided,
    and the clouds let drop the dew.

⁴ This is what the Lord says to me:
    “I will remain quiet^(A) and will look on from my dwelling place,^(B)
like shimmering heat in the sunshine,^(C)
    like a cloud of dew^(D) in the heat of harvest.”

⁵ I will be like the dew^(A) to Israel;
    he will blossom like a lily.^(B)
Like a cedar of Lebanon^(C)
    he will send down his roots;^(D)