²⁹ From whose womb comes the ice?
    Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens^(A)

³⁰ when the waters become hard as stone,
    when the surface of the deep is frozen?^(A)

¹⁷ He hurls down his hail^(A) like pebbles.
    Who can withstand his icy blast?

¹⁸ He sends his word^(A) and melts them;
    he stirs up his breezes,^(B) and the waters flow.