<p class="poetry">and lays the beams of the upper rooms of his palace on the rain clouds.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">He makes the clouds his chariot,p> <p class="poetry">and travels along on the wings of the wind.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Reach down<n id="1" /> from above!p> <p class="poetry">Grab me and rescue me from the surging water,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">from the power of foreigners,<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">He is like<n id="1" /> a tree planted by flowing streams;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">it<n id="3" /> yields<n id="4" /> its fruit at the proper time,<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">and its leaves never fall off.<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">He succeeds in everything he attempts.<n id="7" />p>

<p class="poetry">For this reason every one of your faithful followers<n id="1" /> should pray to youp> <p class="poetry">while there is a window of opportunity.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Certainly<n id="3" /> when the surging water<n id="4" /> rises,p> <p class="poetry">it will not reach them.<n id="5" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; a well-written song<n id="2" /> by the Korahites.p> <p class="poetry">As a deer<n id="3" /> longs<n id="4" /> for streams of water,p> <p class="poetry">so I long<n id="5" /> for you, O God!p>

<p class="poetry">You visit the earth and give it rain;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you make it rich and fertile<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">with overflowing streams full of water.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">You provide grain for them,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">for you prepare the earth to yield its crops.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Don&#8217;t let the current overpower me!p> <p class="poetry">Don&#8217;t let the deep swallow me up!p> <p class="poetry">Don&#8217;t let the pit<n id="1" /> devour me!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Yes,<n id="1" /> he struck a rock and water flowed out,p> <p class="poetry">streams gushed forth.p> <p class="poetry">But can he also give us food?p> <p class="poetry">Will he provide meat for his people?&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">O God, you are my God! I long for you!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">My soul thirsts<n id="4" /> for you,p> <p class="poetry">my flesh yearns for you,p> <p class="poetry">in a dry and parched<n id="5" /> land where there is no water.p>