Ben Sira 43:6-16

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.
9 The glory of the stars is the beauty of heaven, a gleaming array in the heights of the Lord.
10 At the command of the Holy One they stand as ordered, they never relax in their watches.
11 Look upon the rainbow, and praise him who made it, exceedingly beautiful in its brightness.
12 It encircles the heaven 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.
14 Therefore the storehouses are opened, and the clouds fly forth like birds.
15 In his majesty he amasses the clouds, and the hailstones are broken in pieces.
16 At his appearing the mountains are shaken; at his will the south wind blows.
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