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The month is called after her name, increasing wonderfully in her changing, being an instrument of the armies above, shining in the firmament of heaven;
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The beauty of heaven, the glory of the stars, an ornament giving light in the highest places of the Lord.
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At the commandment of the Holy One they will stand in their order, and never faint in their watches.
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Look upon the rainbow, and praise him that made it; very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof.
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It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the most High have bended it.
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By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, and sendeth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment.
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Through this the treasures are opened: and clouds fly forth as fowls.
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By his great power he maketh the clouds firm, and the hailstones are broken small.
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At his sight the mountains are shaken, and at his will the south wind bloweth.
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The noise of the thunder maketh the earth to tremble: so doth the northern storm and the whirlwind: as birds flying he scattereth the snow, and the falling down thereof is as the lighting of grasshoppers:
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The eye marvelleth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the raining of it.