Stormy Weather

⁷ Sing to the LORD with thanks; sing praises to our God with a lyre! ⁸ God covers the skies with clouds; God makes rain for the earth; God makes the mountains sprout green grass. ⁹ God gives food to the animals even to the baby ravens when they cry out. ¹⁰ God doesn’t prize the strength of a horse; God doesn’t treasure the legs of a runner. ¹¹ No. The LORD treasures the people who honor him, the people who wait for his faithful love. ¹² Worship the LORD, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion! ¹³ Because God secures the bars on your gates, God blesses the children you have there. ¹⁴ God establishes your borders peacefully. God fills you full with the very best wheat. ¹⁵ God issues his command to the earth God’s word speeds off fast! ¹⁶ God spreads snow like it was wool; God scatters frost like it was ashes; ¹⁷ God throws his hail down like crumbs who can endure God’s freezing cold? ¹⁸ Then God issues his word and melts it all away! God makes his winds blow; the water flows again.