2  May my teaching drop as the rain,

my speech distill as the dew,

like gentle rain upon the tender grass,

and like showers upon the herb.

12  ^pA king’s wrath is ^qlike the growling of a lion,

but his favor is like dew on the grass.

5  I will be like the dew to Israel;

^qhe shall blossom like the lily;

he shall take root like the trees of Lebanon;

7  Then the ^kremnant of Jacob shall be

in the midst of many peoples

like dew from the Lord,

like showers on the grass,

which delay not for a man

nor wait for the children of man.