1
The pride of the heavenly heights is the clear firmament, the appearance of heaven in a spectacle of glory.
2
The sun, when it appears, making proclamation as it goes forth, is a marvelous instrument, the work of the Most High.
3
At noon it parches the land; and who can withstand its burning heat?
4
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.
5
Great is the Lord who made it; and at his command it hastens on its course.
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.