19
The hoarfrost also as salt he poureth on the earth, and being congealed, it lieth on the top of sharp stakes.
20
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.
21
It devoureth the mountains, and burneth the wilderness, and consumeth the grass as fire.
22
A present remedy of all is a mist coming speedily, a dew coming after heat refresheth.
23
By his counsel he appeaseth the deep, and planteth islands therein.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.