THE WISDOME OF IESUS THE SONNE OF SIRACH, OR ECCLESIASTICUS. (ORIGINAL 1611 KJV

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CHAP. XLIII.

1 The workes of God in heauen, and in earth, and in the sea, are exceeding glorious and wonderfull. 29 Yet God himselfe in his power and wisedome is aboue all.

¹ The pride of the height, the cleare firmament, the beautie of heauen, with his glorious shew;

² The Sunne when it appeareth, declaring at his rising, a marueilous instrument, the worke of the most High.²

³ At noone it parcheth the country, and who can abide the burning heate thereof?

⁴ A man blowing a furnace is in works of heat, but the Sunne burneth the mountaines three times more; breathing out fiery vapours, and sending foorth bright beames, it dimmeth the eyes.

⁵ Great is the Lord that made it, and at his commandement it runneth hastily.⁵

⁶ He made the Moone also to serue in her season, for a declaration of times, and a signe of the world.⁶

⁷ From the Moone is the signe of Feasts, a light that decreaseth in her perfection.⁷

⁸ The moneth is called after her name, encreasing wonderfully in her changing, being an instrument of the armies aboue, shining in the firmament of heauen,

⁹ The beautie of heauen, the glory of the starres, an ornament giuing light in the highest places of the Lord.

¹⁰ At the commandement of the holy One, they will stand in their order, and neuer faint in their watches.

¹¹ Looke vpon the rainebow, and praise him that made it, very beautifull it is in the brightnesse thereof.¹¹

¹² It compasseth the heauen about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the most high haue bended it.¹²

¹³ By his commandement hee maketh the snow to fall apace, and sendeth swiftly the lightnings of his iudgment.

¹⁴ Through this the treasures are opened, and clouds flie forth as foules.

¹⁵ By his great power hee maketh the cloudes firme, and the hailestones are broken small.

¹⁶ At his sight the mountaines are shaken, and at his will the South wind bloweth.

¹⁷ The noise of the thunder maketh the earth to tremble: so doth the Northren storme, and the whirlewinde: as birds flying he scattereth the snow, and the falling downe thereof, is as the lighting of grashoppers.¹⁷

¹⁸ The eye marueileth at the beauty of the whitenesse thereof, and the heart is astonished at the raining of it.

¹⁹ The hoare frost also as salt hee powreth on the earth, and being congealed, it lieth on the toppe of sharpe stakes.¹⁹

²⁰ Wheu the colde North-winde bloweth, and the water is congealed into yce, it abideth vpon euery gathering together of water, and clotheth the water as with a brestplate.

²¹ It deuoureth the mountaines, and burneth the wildernesse, and consumeth the grasse as fire.

²² A present remedy of all is a miste comming speedily: a dew comming after heate, refresheth.²²

²³ By his counsell he appeaseth the deepe, and planteth Ilands therein.

²⁴ They that saile on the Sea, tell of the danger thereof, and when wee heare it with our eares, wee marueile thereat.

²⁵ For therein be strange and wonderous workes, varietie of all kindes of beasts, and whales created.²⁵

²⁶ By him the ende of them hath prosperous successe, and by his word all things consist.

²⁷ We may speake much, & yet come short: wherefore in summe, he is all.

²⁸ How shall wee be able to magnifie him? for hee is great aboue all his workes.

²⁹ The Lord is terrible and very great, and marueilous is his power.²⁹

³⁰ When you glorifie the Lord exalt him as much as you can: for euen yet wil he farre exceed, and when you exalt him, put foorth all your strength, and be not weary: for you can neuer goe farre enough.

³¹ Who hath seene him, that hee might tell vs? and who can magnifie him as he is?³¹

³² There are yet hid greater things then these be, for wee haue seene but a few of his workes:

³³ For the Lord hath made all things, and to the godly hath hee giuen wisedome.

Original 1611 KJV Sidenote References for Ecclesiasticus Chapter 43

² Or, vessell.
⁵ Gr, hee stayed his course.
⁶ Gen.1.16.
⁷ Exo. 12.2.
¹¹ Gen.9.13.
¹² Esa.40.12.
¹⁷ Or, to grone as a woman in her trauaile.
¹⁹ Or, it is as the point of sharp stakes.
²² Or, vpon the heat.
²⁵ Psal.107. 23.
²⁹ Psal.96.42
³¹ Psal.106.2 ioh.1.18.

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