²⁷ “He draws up the drops of water,^(A)
    which distill as rain to the streams^[a];^(B)
28 the clouds pour down their moisture
    and abundant showers^(C) fall on mankind.^(D)
29 Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds,
    how he thunders^(E) from his pavilion?^(F)

³ 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)
4 The voice of the Lord is powerful;^(E)
    the voice of the Lord is majestic.
⁵ The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
    the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.^(F)
6 He makes Lebanon leap^(G) like a calf,
    Sirion^[a](H) like a young wild ox.^(I)
7 The voice of the Lord strikes
    with flashes of lightning.^(J)
8 The voice of the Lord shakes the desert;
    the Lord shakes the Desert of Kadesh.^(K)
9 The voice of the Lord twists the oaks^[b](L)
    and strips the forests bare.
And in his temple all cry, “Glory!”^(M)

⁷ He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth;
    he sends lightning with the rain^(A)
    and brings out the wind^(B) from his storehouses.^(C)