מַיִם אוֹמְרִים - Waters Say:
Yirmeyahu 51:16
לְקוֹל תִּתּוֹ הֲמוֹן מַיִם בַּשָּׁמַיִם וַיַּעַל נְשִׂאִים מִקְצֵה-אָרֶץ
lekovl titov hamovn mayim bashamayim vayaal nesiim miktze-aretz
When His voice sounds with great masses of water in the heavens,
and He raises vapors from the ends of the earth;
The Daat Sofrim states that this prayer is related to the emotions aroused in Yisrael by the sight of the many bodies of water which they saw in Babylon. Water is the symbol of life and of Torah, too. For Torah, like the clouds, combines earthly effort with Heavenly largess to give spiritual life and nourishment to Creation.
