—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: