26  when he made a decree for the rain

and ^wa way for the lightning of the thunder,

26  to bring rain on ^pa land where no man is,

on ^qthe desert in which there is no man,

28  “Has ^sthe rain a father,

or who has begotten the drops of dew?

1  Ask rain ^bfrom the Lord

in the season of ^cthe spring rain,

from the Lord ^dwho makes the storm clouds,

and ^ehe will give them showers of rain,

to everyone the vegetation in the field.

2  For ^fthe household gods ^gutter nonsense,

and the diviners see lies;

^hthey tell false dreams

and give empty consolation.

Therefore ⁱthe people wander like sheep;

they are afflicted for lack of a shepherd.