²⁷ “He draws up the drops of water,^(A)
    which distill as rain to the streams^[a];^(B)
28 the clouds pour down their moisture
    and abundant showers^(C) fall on mankind.^(D)
29 Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds,
    how he thunders^(E) from his pavilion?^(F)

⁶ He says to the snow,^(A) ‘Fall on the earth,’
    and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’^(B)
7 So that everyone he has made may know his work,^(C)
    he stops all people from their labor.^[a](D)
8 The animals take cover;^(E)
    they remain in their dens.^(F)
9 The tempest comes out from its chamber,^(G)
    the cold from the driving winds.^(H)
10 The breath of God produces ice,
    and the broad waters become frozen.^(I)
11 He loads the clouds with moisture;^(J)
    he scatters his lightning^(K) through them.^(L)

²⁶ to water^(A) a land where no one lives,
    an uninhabited desert,^(B)