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26 He made the laws for the rain
    and laid out a path for the lightning.

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26 when he made a decree for the rain(A)
    and a path for the thunderstorm,(B)

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25 “Who created a channel for the torrents of rain?
    Who laid out the path for the lightning?

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25 Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain,
    and a path for the thunderstorm,(A)

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It rolls across the heavens,
    and his lightning flashes in every direction.

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He unleashes his lightning(A) beneath the whole heaven
    and sends it to the ends of the earth.(B)

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The Lord Will Restore His People

10 Ask the Lord for rain in the spring,
    for he makes the storm clouds.
And he will send showers of rain
    so every field becomes a lush pasture.

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The Lord Will Care for Judah

10 Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime;
    it is the Lord who sends the thunderstorms.
He gives showers of rain(A) to all people,
    and plants of the field(B) to everyone.

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“I kept the rain from falling
    when your crops needed it the most.
I sent rain on one town
    but withheld it from another.
Rain fell on one field,
    while another field withered away.

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“I also withheld(A) rain from you
    when the harvest was still three months away.
I sent rain on one town,
    but withheld it from another.(B)
One field had rain;
    another had none and dried up.

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22 Can any of the worthless foreign gods send us rain?
    Does it fall from the sky by itself?
No, you are the one, O Lord our God!
    Only you can do such things.
    So we will wait for you to help us.

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22 Do any of the worthless idols(A) of the nations bring rain?(B)
    Do the skies themselves send down showers?
No, it is you, Lord our God.
    Therefore our hope is in you,
    for you are the one who does all this.(C)

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fire and hail, snow and clouds,[a]
    wind and weather that obey him,

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Footnotes

  1. 148:8 Or mist, or smoke.

lightning and hail,(A) snow and clouds,
    stormy winds that do his bidding,(B)

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The voice of the Lord echoes above the sea.
    The God of glory thunders.
    The Lord thunders over the mighty sea.
The voice of the Lord is powerful;
    the voice of the Lord is majestic.
The voice of the Lord splits the mighty cedars;
    the Lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon.
He makes Lebanon’s mountains skip like a calf;
    he makes Mount Hermon[a] leap like a young wild ox.
The voice of the Lord strikes
    with bolts of lightning.
The voice of the Lord makes the barren wilderness quake;
    the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
The voice of the Lord twists mighty oaks[b]
    and strips the forests bare.
In his Temple everyone shouts, “Glory!”

10 The Lord rules over the floodwaters.
    The Lord reigns as king forever.

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Footnotes

  1. 29:6 Hebrew Sirion, another name for Mount Hermon.
  2. 29:9 Or causes the deer to writhe in labor.

The voice(A) of the Lord is over the waters;
    the God of glory(B) thunders,(C)
    the Lord thunders over the mighty waters.(D)
The voice of the Lord is powerful;(E)
    the voice of the Lord is majestic.
The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
    the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.(F)
He makes Lebanon leap(G) like a calf,
    Sirion[a](H) like a young wild ox.(I)
The voice of the Lord strikes
    with flashes of lightning.(J)
The voice of the Lord shakes the desert;
    the Lord shakes the Desert of Kadesh.(K)
The voice of the Lord twists the oaks[b](L)
    and strips the forests bare.
And in his temple all cry, “Glory!”(M)

10 The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;(N)
    the Lord is enthroned as King forever.(O)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 29:6 That is, Mount Hermon
  2. Psalm 29:9 Or Lord makes the deer give birth

27 Who sends rain to satisfy the parched ground
    and make the tender grass spring up?

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27 to satisfy a desolate wasteland
    and make it sprout with grass?(A)

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11 He loads the clouds with moisture,
    and they flash with his lightning.

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11 He loads the clouds with moisture;(A)
    he scatters his lightning(B) through them.(C)

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32 He fills his hands with lightning bolts
    and hurls each at its target.

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32 He fills his hands with lightning
    and commands it to strike its mark.(A)

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26 “Look, God is greater than we can understand.
    His years cannot be counted.

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26 How great is God—beyond our understanding!(A)
    The number of his years is past finding out.(B)

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