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.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.