rain

Then heare thou from heauen, and forgiue the sinne of thy seruants, and of thy people Israel; when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walke, and send raine vpon the land, which thou hast giuen vnto thy people for an inheritance.

If I shut vp heauen that there bee no raine, or if I command the locusts to deuoure the land, or if I send pestilence among my people:

¶ Then all the men of Iudah and Beniamin, gathered themselues together vnto Ierusalem, within three dayes: it was the ninth moneth, on the twentieth day of the moneth, and all the people sate in the streete of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great raine.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the showres.

But the people are many, and it is a time of much raine, and we are not able to stand without; neither is this a worke of one day or two: for wee are many that haue transgressed in this thing.

1611 marginal noteOr, wee haue greatly offended in this thing.

Who giueth raine vpon the earth, and sendeth waters vpon the fields:

1611 marginal noteHeb. outplaces.

When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the furie of his wrath vpon him, and shall raine it vpon him while he is eating.

When hee made a decree for the raine, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:

And they waited for me as for the raine, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter raine.

For hee maketh small the drops of water: they powre downe raine according to the vapour thereof:

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

1611 marginal noteHeb and to the shower of raine, and to the showers of raine of his strength.

1611 marginal notePsal. 147.16.&17.