⁴ Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

²⁸ Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.

⁶ For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

¹³ He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

²⁸ Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

³⁴ Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

⁷ He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.

²² Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Lord our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.