The Hebrew in Psalm 68:9 that is translated as “rain in abundance” or similar in English is translated in the Contemporary Chichewa translation (2002/2016) with mivumbi the plural form of “mvumbi, a type of rain that falls for a very long time continuously for not less than 12 hours. This type of rain comes when the rains are at the peak when crops are at a crucial stage of needing a lot of rains. Due to lack of a better English word, this translation has rendered it as “continuous rains” to capture the idea of continuity. (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)

See also early rain.