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2 The sun when it appeareth, declaring at his rising a marvellous instrument, the work of the most High:
4 A man blowing a furnace is in works of heat, but the sun burneth the mountains three times more; breathing
out fiery vapours, and sending forth bright beams, it dimmeth the eyes.
8 The month is called after her name, increasing wonderfully in her changing, being an instrument of the
armies above, shining 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 commandment of the Holy One they will stand in their order, and never faint in their watches.
11 Look upon the rainbow, and praise him that made it; very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof.
12 It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the most High have bended it.
13 By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall aplace, and sendeth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment.
17 The noise of the thunder maketh the earth to tremble: so doth the northern storm and the whirlwind: as
birds flying he scattereth the snow, and the falling down thereof is as the lighting of grasshoppers:
18 The eye marvelleth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the raining
of it.
19 The hoarfrost also as salt he poureth on the earth, and being congealed, it lieth on the top of sharp
stakes.
20 When the cold north wind bloweth, and the water is congealed into ice, it abideth upon every gathering
together of water, and clotheth the water as with a breastplate.
24 They that sail on the sea tell of the danger thereof; and when we hear it with our ears, we marvel thereat.