Sirach 43
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1THis high ornament the cleare firmament, the beautie of the heauen so glorious to beholde, 2The sunne also, a marueilous instrument when it appeareth, declareth, at his going out, the worke of the moste High. 3At noone it burneth the countrey, & who may abide for the heat thereof? 4The sunne burneth the mountaines thre times more then he that kepeth a fornace with continual heat: it casteth out the fyrie vapours, & with the shining beames blindeth the eyes. 5Great is the Lord that made it, and by his commandement he causeth it to runne hastely. 6The moone also hathe he made to appeare according to her season, that it shulbe be a declaration of the time, and a signe for the worlde. 7The feasts are appointed by the moone: the light thereof diminisheth vnto the end. 8The moneth is called after the name thereof, & groweth wondrously in her changing. 9It is a campe pitched on high, shining in the firmament of heauen: the beautie of heauen are the glorious starres, and the ornament that shineth in the high places of the Lord. 11Loke vpon the raine bowe, and praise him that made it: verie beautiful is it in the brightnes thereof. 12It compasseth the heauen about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the moste High haue bended it. 13Thorowe his commandement he maketh the snowe to haste, and sendeth swiftly the lightning of his iudgement. 14Therefore he openeth his treasures, and the cloudes flie forthe as the foules. 15In his power hathe he strengthened the cloudes, and broken the haile stones. 16The mountaines leape at the sight of him: the South winde bloweth according to his wil. 17The sounde of his thonder beateth the earth: so doeth the storme of the North: the whirlewinde also, as birdes that flie, scattereth the snowe, and the falling downe thereof is as the greshoppers that light downe. 18The eye marueileth at the beautie of the whitenes thereof, & the heart is astonished at the raine of it. 19He also powreth out the frost vpon the earth like salt, and when it is frosen, it sticketh on the toppes of pales. 20When the colde North winde bloweth, an yce is frosen of the water, it abideth vpon all the gatherings together of water, and clotheth the waters as with a brest plate. 21It deuoureth the mountaines, & burneth the wildernes, and destroyeth that that is grene, like fyre. 22The remedie of all these is when a cloude cometh hastely, & when a dewe cometh vpon the heat, it refresheth it. 23[By his worde he stilleth the winde:] by hiscounsel he appeaseth the depe, and planteth ylands therein. 24They that saile ouer the sea, tel of the perils thereof, and when we heare it with our eares, we marueile thereat. 25For there be strange, & wonderous workes, diuers maner of beasts, and the creation of whales. 26Thorowe him are all things directed to a good end, & are stablished by his worde. 27And when we haue spoken muche, we can not atteine vnto them: but this is the summe of all, that he is all. 28What power haue we to praise him: for he is aboue all his workes? 29The Lord is terrible, and verie great, & marueilous is his power. 30Praise the Lord, & magnifie him as muche as ye can, yet doeth he farre excede: exalt him with all your power, & be not wearie, yet can ye not atteine vnto it. 31Who hathe sene him, that he might tel vs? and who can magnifie him as he is? 32For there are hid yet greater things then these be, & we haue sene but a fewe of his workes. 33For the Lord hathe made all things, and giuen wisdome to suche as feare God.
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