3 He sends his lightning to flash across the whole sky. It lights up the earth from one end to the other.
4 After the flashes of lightning you can hear his roaring voice. He thunders with his wonderful voice! And while his voice thunders, the lightning flashes continue.
5 God’s thundering voice is amazing! He does great things that we cannot understand.
6 He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth.’ And he says to the rain, ‘Pour down on the earth.’
7 God does this to stop everyone’s work and to show the people he made what he can do.
8 The animals run into their dens and stay there.
9 Whirlwinds come from the south. The cold winds come from the north.