[1] The pride of the height is the firmament in its clearness, The appearance of heaven, in the spectacle of its glory.
[2] The sun when he appears, bringing tidings as he goes forth, Is a marvellous instrument, the work of the Most High:
[3] At his noon he drieth up the country, And who shall stand against his burning heat?
[4] A man blowing a furnace is in works of heat, But the sun three times more, burning up the mountains: Breathing out fiery vapours, And sending forth bright beams, he dimmeth the eyes.
[5] Great is the Lord that made him; And at his word he hastens his course.
[6] The moon also is in all things for her season, For a declaration of times, and a sign of the world.
[7] From the moon is the sign of the feast day; A light that waneth when she is come to the full.
[8] The month is called after her name, Increasing wonderfully in her changing; An instrument of the hosts on high, Shining forth in the firmament of heaven;
[9] The beauty of heaven, the glory of the stars, An ornament giving light in the highest places of the Lord.
[10] At the word of the Holy One they will stand in due order, And they will not faint in their watches.
[11] Look upon the rainbow, and praise him that made it; Exceeding beautiful in the brightness thereof.
[12] It encircles the heaven round about with a circle of glory; The hands of the Most High have stretched it.
[13] By his commandment he makes the snow to fall apace, And sends swiftly the lightnings of his judgement.
[14] By reason thereof the treasure-houses are opened; And clouds fly forth as fowls.
[15] By his mighty power he makes strong the clouds, And the hailstones are broken small:
[16] And at his appearing the mountains will be shaken, And at his will the south wind will blow.
[17] The voice of his thunder makes the earth to travail; So does the northern storm and the whirlwind: As birds flying down he sprinkleth the snow; And as the lighting of the locust is the falling down thereof:
[18] The eye will marvel at the beauty of its whiteness, And the heart will be astonished at the raining of it.
[19] The hoar frost also he poureth on the earth as salt; And when it is congealed, it isas points of thorns.
[20] The cold north wind shall blow, And the ice shall be congealed on the water: It shall lodge upon every gathering together of water, And the water shall put on as it were a breastplate.
[21] It shall devour the mountains, and burn up the wilderness, And consume the green herb as fire.
[22] A mist coming speedily is the healing of all things; A dew coming after heat shall bring cheerfulness.
[23] By his counsel he has stilled the deep, And planted islands therein.
[24] They that sail on the sea tell of the danger thereof; And when we hear it with our ears, we marvel.
[25] Therein be also those strange and wondrous works, Variety of all that has life, the race of sea-monsters.
[26] By reason of him his end has success, And by his word all things consist.
[27] We may say many things, yet shall we not attain; And the sum of our words is, He is all.
[28] How shall we have strength to glorify him? For he is himself the great one above all his works.
[29] The Lord is terrible and exceeding great; And marvellous is his power.
[30] When you⌃ glorify the Lord, exalt him as much as you⌃ can; For even yet will he exceed: And when you⌃ exalt him, put forth your full strength: Be not weary; for you⌃ will never attain.
[31] Who has seen him, that he may declare him? And who shall magnify him as he is?
[32] Many things are hidden greater than these; For we have seen but a few of his works.
[33] For the Lord made all things; And to the godly gave he wisdom.