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CHAPTER 43
The pride of the height, the clear firmament, the beauty of heaven, with his glorious shew;
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The sun when it appeareth, declaring at his rising a marvellous instrument, the work of the
most High:
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At noon it parcheth the country, and who can abide the burning heat thereof?
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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.
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Great is the Lord that made it; and at his commandment runneth hastily.
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He made the moon also to serve in her season for a declaration of times, and a sign of the
world.
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From the moon is the sign of feasts, a light that decreaseth in her perfection.
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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;
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The beauty of heaven, the glory of the stars, an ornament giving light in the highest places of
the Lord.
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At the commandment of the Holy One they will stand in their order, and never faint in their
watches.
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Look upon the rainbow, and praise him that made it; very beautiful it is in the brightness
thereof.
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It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the most High have
bended it.
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By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall aplace, and sendeth swiftly the lightnings
of his judgment.
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Through this the treasures are opened: and clouds fly forth as fowls.
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By his great power he maketh the clouds firm, and the hailstones are broken small.
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At his sight the mountains are shaken, and at his will the south wind bloweth.
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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:
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The eye marvelleth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the
raining of it.
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The hoarfrost also as salt he poureth on the earth, and being congealed, it lieth on the top of
sharp stakes.
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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.
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It devoureth the mountains, and burneth the wilderness, and consumeth the grass as fire.
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A present remedy of all is a mist coming speedily, a dew coming after heat refresheth.
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By his counsel he appeaseth the deep, and planteth islands therein.
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