"It changesdirection,turningaroundby His guidance,That it may dowhateverHe commandsit On the faceof the inhabitedearth.
"He covers[His] handswith the lightning,And commandsit to strikethe mark.
"Underthe wholeheavenHe letsit loose,And His lightningto the endsof the earth.
O LORD,howmanyare Your works!In wisdomYou have madethem all;The earthis fullof Your possessions.
He sendsforth His commandto the earth;His wordrunsveryswiftly.
Fireand hail,snowand clouds;Stormywind,fulfillingHis word;
"Preparefor his sonsa placeof slaughterBecause of the iniquityof their fathers.They must not ariseand takepossessionof the earthAnd fillthe faceof the worldwith cities."
In the days to comeJacobwill takeroot,Israelwill blossomand sprout,And they will fillthe wholeworldwith fruit.
Are thereanyamong the idolsof the nationswho giverain?Orcan the heavensgrantshowers?Is it not You, O LORDour God?Therefore we hopein You, For You are the one who has doneallthesethings.
So rejoice,O sonsof Zion,And be gladin the LORDyour God;For He has givenyou the earlyrainfor [your] vindication.And He has poureddownfor you the rain,The earlyand latterrainas before.
"Furthermore,I withheldthe rainfrom you While [there were] stillthreemonthsuntil harvest.Then I would sendrainon onecityAnd on anothercityI would not sendrain;Onepartwould be rainedon, While the partnot rainedon would dryup.
Thesehavethe powerto shutup the sky,sothat rainwill not fallduring the daysof their prophesying;and they havepoweroverthe watersto turnthem into blood,and to strikethe earthwith everyplague,as oftenas they desire.
