² Let my teaching fall like rain
and my word settle like dew,
like gentle rain on new grass
and showers on tender plants.

³ Your people will volunteer
on your day of battle.^[a](A)
In holy splendour, from the womb of the dawn,
the dew of your youth belongs to you.^[b](B)

⁵ I will be like the dew to Israel;^(A)
he will blossom like the lily^(B)
and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.^(C)