² Let my teaching fall like rain^(A)
    and my words descend like dew,^(B)
like showers^(C) on new grass,
    like abundant rain on tender plants.

³ Your troops will be willing
    on your day of battle.
Arrayed in holy splendor,^(A)
    your young men will come to you
    like dew from the morning’s womb.^[a](B)

⁵ I will be like the dew^(A) to Israel;
    he will blossom like a lily.^(B)
Like a cedar of Lebanon^(C)
    he will send down his roots;^(D)