They longed for me to speak as people long for rain. They drank my words like a refreshing spring rain.

他们仰望我如仰望雨，又张开口如切慕春雨。

他们等候我如等雨水，又张口如切慕春雨。

他们等候我如等雨水，又张口如切慕春雨。

他们盼我如盼甘霖，张着口如慕春雨。

他们等候我像等候雨水，又大大张嘴如切慕春雨。

他們仰望我如仰望雨，又張開口如切慕春雨。

他們等候我如等雨水，又張口如切慕春雨。

他們等候我如等雨水，又張口如切慕春雨。

他們盼我如盼甘霖，張著口如慕春雨。

他們等候我像等候雨水，又大大張嘴如切慕春雨。

他們仰望着我、就如仰望下雨；直張開着口切慕春雨。

徯我如望甘霖、張口如待春雨、

人之望我、若望甘霖、若地甲坼、以待春雨、

望我如望甘雨、慕我如慕秋霖、慕我如慕秋霖原文作張口如待秋霖

They waited for me as for showers and drank in my words as the spring rain.

They waited for me just as they would wait for rain showers. They drank my words just as they would drink the spring rain.

They waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.

They waited for me as for the rain and opened their mouths as for spring showers.

They waited for me as for the rain, And opened their mouths as for the late rain.

They waited for me as for the rain, And they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain.

And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

They waited for me as for the rain and opened their mouths as for spring showers.

And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide[ as] for the latter rain.

They waited for me as people wait for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rains.

They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

Ask the Lord for rain in the spring, for he makes the storm clouds. And he will send showers of rain so every field becomes a lush pasture.

Oh, that we might know the Lord! Let us press on to know him. He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring.”

May the king’s rule be refreshing like spring rain on freshly cut grass, like the showers that water the earth.