Ben Sira 43:5

5 Great is the Lord who made it; at his orders it hurries on its course.

Ben Sira 43:5 In-Context

3 At noon it parches the land, and who can withstand its burning heat?

4 A man tending a furnace works in burning heat, but three times as hot is the sun scorching the mountains; it breathes out fiery vapors, and its bright rays blind the eyes.

5 Great is the Lord who made it; at his orders it hurries on its course.

6 It is the moon that marks the changing seasons, governing the times, their everlasting sign.

7 From the moon comes the sign for festal days, a light that wanes when it completes its course.