13 He makes your city gates strongand blesses your peopleby giving them children.
14 God lets you live in peace,and he gives youthe very best wheat.
15 As soon as God speaks,the earth obeys.
16 He covers the ground with snowlike a blanket of wool,and he scatters frostlike ashes on the ground.
17 God sends down hailstoneslike chips of rocks.Who can stand the cold?
18 At his command the ice melts,the wind blows,and streams begin to flow.
19 God gave his laws and teachingsto the descendants of Jacob,the nation of Israel.