7. From the moon is the sign of the festival day, a light that decreaseth in her perfection.
8. The month is called after her name, increasing wonderfully in her perfection
9. Being an instrument of the armies on high, shining gloriously in the Armament of heaven.
10. The glory of the stars is the beauty of heaven; the Lord enlighteneth the world on high.
11. By the words of the holy one they shall stand in judgment, and shall never fail in their watches.
12. Look upon the rainbow, and bless him that made it: it is very beautiful in its brightness.
13. It encompasseth the heaven about with the circle of its glory, the hands of the most High have displayed it.
14. By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, and sendeth forth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment.
15. Through this are the treasures opened, and the clouds fly out like birds.
16. By his greatness he hath fixed the clouds, and the hailstones are broken.
17. At his sight shall the mountains be shaken, and at his will the south wind shall blow.
18. The noise of his thunder shall strike the earth, so doth the northern storm, and the whirlwind:
19. And as the birds lighting upon the earth, he scattereth snow, and the falling thereof, is as the coming down of locusts.
20. The eye admireth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the shower thereof.
21. He shall pour frost as salt upon the earth: and when it freezeth, it shall become like the tops of thistles.
22. The cold north wind bloweth, and the water is congealed into crystal; upon every gathering together of waters it shall rest, and shall clothe the waters as a breastplate.
23. And it shall devour the mountains, and burn the wilderness, and consume all that is green as with fire.
24. A present remedy of all is the speedy coming of a cloud, and a dew that meeteth it, by the heat that cometh, shall overpower it.
25. At his word the wind is still, and with his thought he appeaseth the deep, and the Lord hath planted islands therein.