5. Great is the Lord who made it, and at his word, it hurries on its journey.
6. And the moon, in all its phases, serves to mark the seasons and to be a sign of the times.
7. From the moon is the sign of a feast day; it is a light which diminishes at its consummation.
8. A month is named according to its phases, increasing wonderfully at its culmination.
9. It is an instrument of the armies on high, shining gloriously in the firmament of heaven.
10. The glory of the stars is the beauty of heaven; the Lord illuminates the world from on high.
11. At the words of the Holy One, they stand for judgment, and they will never fail in their vigilance.
12. Consider the rainbow, and bless the One who made it; it is very beautiful in its splendor.
13. It encompasses the heavens with the circle of its glory; the hands of the Most High made it appear.
14. By his order, he hastens the snow, and he spurs on the lightning to express his judgment.
15. In like manner, his storehouses are opened, and the clouds fly out like birds.
16. By his greatness, he has positioned the clouds, and the hailstones have been broken.
17. At his glance, the mountains will be shaken, and by his will, the south wind will blow.
18. The voice of his thunder will reverberate through the earth, by a storm from the north, and by a gathering of the whirlwind.
19. And like the birds landing in a flock upon the earth, he sends down the snow; and its descent is like the arrival of a swarm of locusts.
20. The eye is in wonder at the beauty of its whiteness, and the heart is astonished at its falling.
21. He will pour out frost like salt upon the earth. And when it freezes, it will become like the tops of thistles.
22. The cold north wind blows, and the water freezes into crystals; it will rest upon every gathering of water, and it will clothe the water like a breastplate.
23. And it will devour the mountains, and burn the wilderness, and extinguish the greenery, like a fire.
24. Relief for all is in the hurried arrival of a cloud. And the lowly dew will arrive to meet the heat and overpower it.
25. At his word, the wind grows quiet, and by his thought, he appeases the abyss, for the Lord has planted islands in it.