—Hymn to Ishtar.
Yahwe also can open the spring:
Who turnest the rock into a pool of water,
The flint into a fountain of water
—Psalm 114:8.
and Yahwe is also the guide of the streams:
Who sendest forth springs into the valleys,
Between the mountains they run.
—Psalm 104:10.
In addition to sending rain from heaven and causing streams to irrigate the plains, the Assyrian deity also sows the seed: