4
He took care of the temple that it should not fall, and fortified the city against besieging:
5
How was he honoured in the midst of the people in his coming out of the sanctuary!
6
He was as the morning star in the midst of a cloud, and as the moon at the full:
7
As the sun shining upon the temple of the most High, and as the rainbow giving light in the bright clouds:
8
And as the flower of roses in the spring of the year, as lilies by the rivers of waters, and as the branches of the frankincense tree in the time of summer:
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.