| 1 | The pride of the height, the clear firmament, the beauty of heaven, with his glorious shew; |
| 2 | The sun when it appeareth, declaring at his rising a marvellous instrument, the work of the most High: |
| 3 | At noon it parcheth the country, and who can abide the burning heat thereof? |
| 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. |
| 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 compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the most High have bended it. |
| 13 | By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall aplace, and sendeth 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 maketh the clouds firm, and the hailstones are broken small. |
| 16 | At his sight the mountains are shaken, and at his will the south wind bloweth. |
| 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: |
| 18 | The eye marvelleth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the raining of it. |
| 19 | The hoarfrost also as salt he poureth on the earth, and being congealed, it lieth on the top of sharp stakes. |
| 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. |
| 21 | It devoureth the mountains, and burneth the wilderness, and consumeth the grass as fire. |
| 22 | A present remedy of all is a mist coming speedily, a dew coming after heat refresheth. |
| 23 | By his counsel he appeaseth the deep, and planteth 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 whales created. |
| 26 | By him the end of them hath 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 | The Lord is terrible and very great, and marvellous is his power. |
| 30 | When ye glorify the Lord, 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 hath 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 the Lord hath made all things; and to the godly hath he given wisdom. |