Proverbs 16:15

the latter rain i.e. the spring rain, which swelled and matured the corn for harvest, just as the "former" or autumn rain prepared the ground, after the drought of summer, for the sowing. Such a cloud was big with the double blessing of the fertilizing shower and the consequent harvest. Comp. the description by "The sweet Psalmist of Israel":

"One that ruleth over men righteously,

That ruleth in the fear of God,

He shall be as the light of the morning when the sun riseth,

A morning without clouds;

When the tender grass springeth out of the earth,

Through clear shining after rain." 2 Samuel 23:3-4, R.V.

And again:

"He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass,

As showers that water the earth." Psalms 72:6.