By His knowledgethe deepswere brokenup And the skiesdripwith dew.
Then Godsaid,"Let the watersbelowthe heavensbe gatheredinto oneplace,and let the drylandappear";and it was so.
Now may Godgiveyou of the dewof heaven,And of the fatnessof the earth,And an abundanceof grainand newwine;
In the sixhundredthyearof Noah'slife,in the secondmonth,on the seventeenthdayof the month,on the samedayallthe fountainsof the greatdeepburstopen,and the floodgatesof the skywere opened.
"When therewere nodepthsI was broughtforth,When therewere nospringsaboundingwith water.
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.
"So Israeldwellsin security,The fountainof Jacobsecluded,In a landof grainand newwine;His heavensalsodropdowndew.
