| 1 The clear vault of the sky shines forth like heaven itself, a vision of glory. |
| 2 The orb of the sun, resplendent at its rising: what a wonderful work of the Most High! |
| 3 At noon it seethes the surface of the earth, and who can bear its fiery heat? |
| 4 Like a blazing furnace of solid metal, it sets the mountains aflame with its rays; By its fiery darts the land is consumed; the eyes are dazzled by its light. |
| 5 Great indeed is the LORD who made it, at whose orders it urges on its steeds. |
| 6 The moon, too, that marks the changing times, governing the seasons, their lasting sign, |
| 7 By which we know the feast days and fixed dates, this light-giver which wanes in its course: |
| 8 As its name says, each month it renews itself; how wondrous in this change! |
| 9 The beauty, the glory, of the heavens are the stars that adorn with their sparkling the heights of God, |
| 10 At whose command they keep their place and never relax in their vigils. A weapon against the flood waters stored on high, lighting up the firmament by its brilliance, |
| 11 Behold the rainbow! Then bless its Maker, for majestic indeed is its splendor; |
| 12 It spans the heavens with its glory, this bow bent by the mighty hand of God. |
| 13 His rebuke marks out the path for the lightning, and speeds the arrows of his judgment to their goal. |
| 14 At it the storehouse is opened, and like vultures the clouds hurry forth. |
| 15 In his majesty he gives the storm its power and breaks off the hailstones. |
| 16 The thunder of his voice makes the earth writhe; before his might the mountains quake. |
| 17 A word from him drives on the south wind, the angry north wind, the hurricane and the storm. |
| 18 He sprinkles the snow like fluttering birds; it comes to settle like swarms of locusts. |
| 19 Its shining whiteness blinds the eyes, the mind is baffled by its steady fall. |
| 20 He scatters frost like so much salt; it shines like blossoms on the thornbush. |
| 21 Cold northern blasts he sends that turn the ponds to lumps of ice. He freezes over every body of water, and clothes each pool with a coat of mail. |
| 22 When the mountain growth is scorched with heat, and the flowering plains as though by flames, |
| 23 The dripping clouds restore them all, and the scattered dew enriches the parched land. |
| 24 His is the plan that calms the deep, and plants the islands in the sea. |
| 25 Those who go down to the sea tell part of its story, and when we hear them we are thunderstruck; |
| 26 In it are his creatures, stupendous, amazing, all kinds of life, and the monsters of the deep. |
| 27 For him each messenger succeeds, and at his bidding accomplishes his will. |
| 28 More than this we need not add; let the last word be, he is all in all! |
| 29 Let us praise him the more, since we cannot fathom him, for greater is he than all his works; |
| 30 Awful indeed is the LORD'S majesty, and wonderful is his power. |
| 31 Lift up your voices to glorify the LORD, though he is still beyond your power to praise; |
| 32 Extol him with renewed strength, and weary not, though you cannot reach the end: |
| 33 For who can see him and describe him? or who can praise him as he is? |
| 34 Beyond these, many things lie hid; only a few of his works have we seen. |
| 35 It is the LORD who has made all things, and to those who fear him he gives wisdom. |