en_RV1895 - Sir 43 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ The pride of the height is the firmament [1][2]in its clearness, The appearance of heaven, in the spectacle of its glory.

² [3]The sun when he appeareth, bringing tidings as he goeth forth, Is a marvellous instrument, the work of the Most High:

³ [4]At his noon he drieth up the country, And who shall stand against [5]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 [6]sending forth bright beams, he dimmeth the eyes.

⁵ Great is the Lord that made him; And at his word [7]he hasteneth his course.

⁶ [8]The moon also is in all things for her season, For a declaration of times, and [9]a sign of the world.

⁷ [10]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 [11]The beauty of heaven, the glory of the stars, An ornament giving light in the highest places of the Lord.

¹⁰ [12]At the word of the Holy One they will stand in [13]due order, And they will not faint in their watches.

¹¹ [14]Look upon the rainbow, and praise him that made it; Exceeding beautiful in the brightness thereof.

¹² It compasseth the heaven round about with a circle of glory; The hands of the Most High have stretched it.

¹³ [15]BY his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, And sendeth swiftly [16]the lightnings of his judgement.

¹⁴ By reason thereof [17]the treasure-houses are opened; And clouds fly forth as fowls.

¹⁵ By his mighty power he maketh strong the clouds, And the hailstones are broken small:

¹⁶ And [18]at his appearing the mountains will be shaken, And at his will [19]the south wind will blow.

¹⁷ [20]The voice of his thunder maketh the earth to travail; [21]So doth the northern storm and the whirlwind: As birds flying down he sprinkleth the snow; And [22]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 [23]The hoar frost also he poureth on the earth as salt; And when it is congealed, it is as 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; [24]A dew coming after heat shall bring cheerfulness.

²³ By his counsel [25]he hath stilled the deep, And [26]planted islands therein.

²⁴ [27]They that sail on the sea tell of the danger thereof; And when we hear it with our ears, we marvel.

²⁵ [28]Therein be also those strange and wondrous works, Variety of all that hath life, the [29]race of [30]sea-monsters.

²⁶ By reason of him his end hath success, And [31]by his word all things consist.

²⁷ [32]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 [33]above all his works.

²⁹ [34]The Lord is terrible and exceeding great; And marvellous is his power.

³⁰ When ye glorify the Lord, exalt him as much as ye can; For even yet will he exceed: And when ye exalt him, put forth your full strength: Be not weary; for ye will never attain.

³¹ [35]Who hath seen him, [36]that he may declare him? And who shall magnify him as he is?

³² [37]Many things are hidden greater than these; For we have seen but a few of his works.

³³ [38]For the Lord made all things; And to the godly gave he wisdom.