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He made the moon also to serve in her season for a declaration of times and a sign for the world.
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From the moon is the sign of feasts, a light that decreaseth in her perfection.
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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,
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the beauty of heaven, the glory of the stars, an ornament giving light in the highest places of the Lord.
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At the commandment of the Holy One they will stand in their order, and never faint in their watches.
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Look upon the rainbow, and praise Him that made it; very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof.
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It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the Most High have bent it.
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By His commandment He maketh the snow to fall apace, and sendeth swiftly the lightnings of His judgment.
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Through this the treasuries are opened, and clouds fly forth as fowls.
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By His great power He maketh the clouds firm, and the hailstones are broken small.
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At His sight the mountains are shaken, and at His will the south wind bloweth.
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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.
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The eye marveleth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the raining of it.
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The hoarfrost also as salt He poureth on the earth, and being congealed, it lieth on the top of sharp stakes.
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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.
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It devoureth the mountains, and burneth the wilderness, and consumeth the grass as fire.
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A present remedy for all is a mist coming speedily; a dew coming after heat refresheth.
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By His counsel He appeaseth the deep, and planteth islands therein.
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They that sail on the sea tell of the danger thereof; and when we hear it with our ears, we marvel thereat.
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For therein are strange and wondrous works, variety of all kinds of beasts and whales created.
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By Him the end of them hath prosperous success, and by His word all things consist.