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"For He draws up the drops of water; They distill rain from its celestial stream,

For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:

Which clouds pour down; They drip upon mankind abundantly.

Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.

"Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, The thundering of His pavilion?

Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?

"Behold, He spreads His lightning about Him, And He covers the depths of the sea.

Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

"For by them He judges peoples; He gives food in abundance.

For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.

"He covers His hands with the lightning, And commands it to strike the target.

With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.

"Its thundering voice declares His presence; The livestock also, concerning what is coming up.

The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.

"At this also my heart trembles, And leaps from its place.

At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.

"Listen closely to the thunder of His voice, And the rumbling that goes out from His mouth.

Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth.

"Under the whole heaven He lets it loose, And His lightning travels to the ends of the earth.

He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.

"After it, a voice roars; He thunders with His majestic voice, And He does not restrain the lightning when His voice is heard.

After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.

"God thunders wondrously with His voice, Doing great things which we do not comprehend.

God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.

"For to the snow He says, 'Fall on the earth,' And to the downpour and the rain, 'Be strong.'

For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

"He seals the hand of every person, So that all people may know His work.

He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.

"Then the animal goes into its lair And remains in its den.

Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.

"From the south comes the storm, And from the north wind the cold.

Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.

"From the breath of God ice is made, And the expanse of the waters is frozen.

By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

"He also loads the clouds with moisture; He disperses the cloud of His lightning.

Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:

"It changes direction, turning around by His guidance, That it may do whatever He commands it On the face of the inhabited earth.

And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.

"Whether for correction, or for His earth, Or for goodness, He causes it to happen.

He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.