¹⁶ when darkened by thawing ice
    and swollen with melting snow,^(A)

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

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

¹³ Like a snow-cooled drink at harvest time
    is a trustworthy messenger to the one who sends him;
    he refreshes the spirit of his master.^(A)