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It encircles the sky with its glorious arc; the hands of the Most High have stretched it out.
13
By his command he sends the driving snow and speeds the lightnings of his judgment.
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Therefore the storehouses are opened, and the clouds fly out like birds.
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In his majesty he gives the clouds their strength, and the hailstones are broken in pieces.
17
The voice of his thunder rebukes the earth;
16 when he appears, the mountains shake. At his will the south wind blows; so do the storm from the north and the whirlwind. He scatters the snow like birds flying down, and its descent is like locusts alighting.
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The eye is dazzled by the beauty of its whiteness, and the mind is amazed as it falls.
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He pours frost over the earth like salt, and icicles form like pointed thorns.
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The cold north wind blows, and ice freezes on the water; it settles on every pool of water, and the water puts it on like a breastplate.
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He consumes the mountains and burns up the wilderness, and withers the tender grass like fire.
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A mist quickly heals all things; the falling dew gives refreshment from the heat.