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25 Who has laid out a channel for the downpour
    and a path for the thunderstorm

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25 Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain,
    and a path for the thunderstorm,(A)

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20 By his knowledge the depths[a] are split,
    and the clouds drop down dew.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:20 Depths: for the Hebrews, the depths enclosed the great subterranean waters; the rain and dew descended from the waters above the firmament; cf. Gn 1:6–10; Jb 26:8, 12; Ps 18:15; 24:2. The cosmogony provides the reason why Wisdom offers such benefits to human beings: the world was created in wisdom so that all who live in accord with wisdom live in tune with the universe.

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

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