5
Great is the Lord who made it; and at his command it hastens on its course.
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.
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.