He gives snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes;
From whose womb comes the ice? And the frost of heaven, who gives it birth?
For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth’; Likewise to the gentle rain and the heavy rain of His strength.
Fire and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, fulfilling His word;
“For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater,
“Have you entered the treasury of snow, Or have you seen the treasury of hail,