1. How beautiful is the bright, clear sky above us!What a glorious sight it is!
2. The sun, when it appears, proclaims as it riseshow marvellous a thing it is, made by the Most High.
3. At noon it dries up the land;no one can stand its blazing heat.
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.
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.