to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,
Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God?
For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended rece
He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.
He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains.
For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,
Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilde
who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
The wilderness and the dry land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.
I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool