4. The setting sun sets fire to the hilltops,like a metal furnace glowing from the heat.It sends out fiery rays,blinding the eyes with its brightness.
5. The Lord, who made it, is great;it speeds on its way at his command.
6. There is also the moon, marking the passage of time,an eternal sign of the changing seasons.
7. The moon determines the holy days.Its light grows full and then grows dim.
8. The “month” is named after the moon,marvellous to watch as it grows fuller each night,a signal light for the heavenly armies,shining out in the dome of the sky.
9. The shining stars make the night sky lovely,brilliant ornaments in the Lord's high heavens.
10. They stay in the places assigned to them by the Holy Oneand never relax their dutiful watch.
11. Look at the rainbow and praise its Creator!How magnificent, how radiant, its beauty!
12. Like a bow bent by the hands of the Most High,it spans the horizon in a circle of glory.
13. He commands, and snow begins to fall;lightning strikes to carry out his judgements.
14. The storerooms of the sky are thrown open,and the clouds roll out like flying birds.
15. With his power he forms great masses of cloudsand shatters the ice into hailstones.
16-17. He speaks, and thunder twists the earth in pain;the mountains are shaken by his strength.Whenever he wishes, the south wind blows,whirlwinds come, and windstorms from the north.He sends the snow fluttering down like birds,like locusts alighting on the ground.
18. We marvel at its beautiful whiteness,and in fascination we watch it fall.
19. He sprinkles frost over the ground like salt,and it freezes into thorny flowers of ice.
20. He sends the cold north wind blowingand the water hardens into ice;every lake and pond freezes over,putting on a coat of icy armour.