Sirach 43:12-26
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12 It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the most High have bended it.
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13 By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall aplace, and sendeth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment.
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14 Through this the treasures are opened: and clouds fly forth as fowls.
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15 By his great power he maketh the clouds firm, and the hailstones are broken small.
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16 At his sight the mountains are shaken, and at his will the south wind bloweth.
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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:
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18 The eye marvelleth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the raining of it.
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19 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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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.
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21 It devoureth the mountains, and burneth the wilderness, and consumeth the grass as fire.
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22 A present remedy of all is a mist coming speedily, a dew coming after heat refresheth.
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23 By his counsel he appeaseth the deep, and planteth islands therein.
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24 They that sail on the sea tell of the danger thereof; and when we hear it with our ears, we marvel thereat.
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25 For therein be strange and wondrous works, variety of all kinds of beasts and whales created.
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26 By him the end of them hath prosperous success, and by his word all things consist.