Sirach 43:1–9
1The pride of the heavenly heights is the clear sky, the appearance of heaven, in the spectacle of its glory.↗
2The sun, when it appears, bringing tidings as it rises, is a marvelous instrument, the work of the Most High.↗
3At noon, it dries up the land. Who can stand against its burning heat?↗
4A man tending a furnace is in burning heat, but the sun three times more, burning up the mountains, breathing out fiery vapors, and sending out bright beams, it blinds the eyes.↗
5Great is the Lord who made it. At his word, he hastens on its course.↗
6The moon marks the changing seasons, declares times, and is a sign for the world.↗
7From the moon is the sign of feast days, a light that wanes when it completes its course.↗
8The month is called after its name, increasing wonderfully in its changing— an instrument of the army on high, shining in the structure of heaven,↗
9the beauty of heaven, the glory of the stars, an ornament giving light in the highest places of the Lord.↗
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