²³ They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

¹ Ask of Yahweh rain in the spring time, Yahweh who makes storm clouds, And he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field.

⁶ He will come down like rain on the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.

³ Let us acknowledge Yahweh. Let us press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, Like the spring rain that waters the earth."