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^(A) fall on mankind.^(B)

¹⁷ The clouds poured down water,^(A)
    the heavens resounded with thunder;^(B)
    your arrows^(C) flashed back and forth.

³ If clouds are full of water,
    they pour rain on the earth.
Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north,
    in the place where it falls, there it will lie.