en_cepher - Sir 43 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ THE pride of the height, the clear expanse, the beauty of heaven, with his glorious show;

² The sun when it appears, declaring at his rising a marvellous instrument, the work of El Elyon:

³ At noon it parches the country, and who can abide the burning heat thereof?

⁴ A man blowing a furnace is in works of heat, but the sun burns the mountains three times more; breathing out fiery vapors, and sending forth bright beams, it dims the eyes.

⁵ Great is Yahuah that made it; and at his commandment runs hastily.

⁶ He made the moon also to serve in her season for a declaration of times, and a sign of the world.

⁷ From the moon is the sign of feasts, a light that decreases in her perfection.

⁸ The month is called after her name, increasing wonderfully in her changing, being an instrument of the armies above, shining in the expanse of heaven;

⁹ The beauty of heaven, the glory of the stars, an ornament giving light in the highest places of Yahuah.

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 compasses the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hands of El Elyon have bended it.

¹³ By his commandment he makes the snow to fall apace, and sends swiftly the lightnings of his judgment.

¹⁴ Through this the treasures are opened: and clouds fly forth as fowls.

¹⁵ By his great power he makes the clouds firm, and the hailstones are broken small.

¹⁶ At his sight the mountains are shaken, and at his will the south wind blows.

¹⁷ The noise of the thunder makes the earth to tremble: so does the northern storm and the whirlwind: as birds flying he scatters the snow, and the falling down thereof is as the lighting of grasshoppers:

¹⁸ The eye marvels at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the raining of it.

¹⁹ The hoar frost also as salt he pours on the earth, and being congealed, it lies on the top of sharp stakes.

²⁰ When the cold north wind blows, and the water is congealed into ice, it abides upon every gathering together of water, and clothes the water as with a breastplate.

²¹ It devours the mountains, and burns the wilderness, and consumes the grass as fire.

²² A present remedy of all is a mist coming speedily, a dew coming after heat refreshes.

²³ By his counsel he appeases the deep, and plants islands therein.

²⁴ They that sail on the sea tell of the danger thereof; and when we hear it with our ears, we marvel thereat.

²⁵ For therein be strange and wondrous works, variety of all kinds of beasts and sea monsters created.

²⁶ By him the end of them has prosperous success, and by his word all things consist.

²⁷ We may speak much, and yet come short: wherefore in sum, he is all.

²⁸ How shall we be able to magnify him? for he is great above all his works.

²⁹ Yahuah is terrible and very great, and marvellous is his power.

³⁰ When ye glorify Yahuah, exalt him as much as ye can; for even yet will he far exceed: and when ye exalt him, put forth all your strength, and be not weary; for ye can never go far enough.

³¹ Who has seen him, that he might tell us? and who can magnify him as he is?

³² There are yet hid greater things than these be, for we have seen but a few of his works.

³³ For Yahuah has made all things; and to the righteous has he given wisdom.