4
A man tending a furnace works in burning heat, but the sun burns the mountains three times as much; it breathes out fiery vapors, and with bright beams it blinds the eyes.
5
Great is the Lord who made it; and at his command it hastens on its course.
6
He made the moon also, to serve in its season to mark the times and to be an everlasting sign.
7
From the moon comes the sign for feast days, a light that wanes when it has reached the full.
8
The month is named for the moon, increasing marvelously in its phases, an instrument of the hosts on high shining forth in the firmament of heaven.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.