Sirach 43:4-9

⁴ 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.

⁵ Great is the Lord that made it; and at his commandment runneth 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 decreaseth 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 firmament of heaven;

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