You gave abundant showers,(A) O God;
    you refreshed your weary inheritance.

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Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

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For, before the harvest, when the blossom is gone
    and the flower becomes a ripening grape,
he will cut off(A) the shoots with pruning knives,
    and cut down and take away the spreading branches.(B)

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For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.

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