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The pride of the heavenly heights is the clear firmament, the appearance of heaven in a spectacle of glory.
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The sun, when it appears, making proclamation as it goes forth, is a marvelous instrument, the work of the Most High.
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At noon it parches the land; and who can withstand its burning heat?
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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.
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Great is the Lord who made it; and at his command it hastens on its course.
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He made the moon also, to serve in its season to mark the times and to be an everlasting sign.
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From the moon comes the sign for feast days, a light that wanes when it has reached the full.
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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.
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The glory of the stars is the beauty of heaven, a gleaming array in the heights of the Lord.
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At the command of the Holy One they stand as ordered, they never relax in their watches.