³ Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

⁴ O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.

¹⁹ My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

¹² The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.