Douay Rheims Bible

Sirach 42

The Book of Sirach (or Ecclesiasticus)

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Chapter 43

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  The firmament on high is his beauty, the beauty of heaven with its glorious shew.  

 

 

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  The sun when he appeareth shewing forth at his rising, an admirable instrument, the work of the most High.  

 

 

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  At noon he burneth the earth, and who can abide his burning heat? As one keeping a furnace in the works of heat:  

 

 

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  The sun three times as much, burneth the mountains, breathing out fiery vapours, and shining with his beams, he blindeth the eyes.  

 

 

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  Great is the Lord that made him, and at his words he hath hastened his course.  

 

 

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  And the moon in all in her season, is for a declaration of times and a sign of the world.  

 

 

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  From the moon is the sign of the festival day, a light that decreaseth in her perfection.  

 

 

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  The month is called after her name, increasing wonderfully in her perfection  

 

 

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  Being an instrument of the armies on high, shining gloriously in the Armament of heaven.  

 

 

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  The glory of the stars is the beauty of heaven; the Lord enlighteneth the world on high.  

 

 

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  By the words of the holy one they shall stand in judgment, and shall never fail in their watches.  

 

 

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  Look upon the rainbow, and bless him that made it: it is very beautiful in its brightness.  

 

 

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  It encompasseth the heaven about with the circle of its glory, the hands of the most High have displayed it.  

 

 

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  By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, and sendeth forth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment.  

 

 

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  Through this are the treasures opened, and the clouds fly out like birds.  

 

 

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  By his greatness he hath fixed the clouds, and the hailstones are broken.  

 

 

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  At his sight shall the mountains be shaken, and at his will the south wind shall blow.  

 

 

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  The noise of his thunder shall strike the earth, so doth the northern storm, and the whirlwind:  

 

 

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  And as the birds lighting upon the earth, he scattereth snow, and the falling thereof, is as the coming down of locusts.  

 

 

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  The eye admireth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the shower thereof.  

 

 

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  He shall pour frost as salt upon the earth: and when it freezeth, it shall become like the tops of thistles.  

 

 

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  The cold north wind bloweth, and the water is congealed into crystal; upon every gathering together of waters it shall rest, and shall clothe the waters as a breastplate.  

 

 

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  And it shall devour the mountains, and burn the wilderness, and consume all that is green as with fire.  

 

 

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  A present remedy of all is the speedy coming of a cloud, and a dew that meeteth it, by the heat that cometh, shall overpower it.  

 

 

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  At his word the wind is still, and with his thought he appeaseth the deep, and the Lord hath planted islands therein.  

 

 

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  Let them that sail on the sea, tell the dangers thereof: and when we hear with our ears, we shall admire.  

 

 

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  There are great and wonderful works: a variety of beasts, and of all living things, and the monstrous creatures of whales.  

 

 

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  Through him is established the end of their journey, and by his word all things are regulated.  

 

 

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  We shall say much, and yet shall want words: but the sum of our words is, He is all.  

 

 

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  What shall we be able to do to glorify him? for the Almighty himself is above all his works.  

 

 

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  31The Lord is terrible, and exceeding great, and his power is admirable.  

 

 

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  Glorify the Lord as much as ever you can, for he will yet far exceed, and his magnificence is wonderful.  

 

 

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  Blessing the Lord, exalt him as much as you can: for he is above all praise.  

 

 

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  When you exalt him put forth all your strength, and be not weary: for you can never go far enough.  

 

 

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  Who shall see him, and declare him? and who shall magnify him as he is from the beginning?  

 

 

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  There are many things hidden from us that are greater than these: for we have seen but a few of his works.  

 

 

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  But the Lord hath made all things, and to the godly he hath given wisdom.  

 

 

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Sirach 44

 

 

 

 

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