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.
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.
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.
21. He scorches the hills of the wilderness with drought,and the grass turns brown from its heat;
22. but a cloudy mist restores it all to lifeas the weather cools and dew appears.
23. By his wisdom he calmed the great oceansand placed the islands there.
24. Sailors tell about the dangers of the sea,and we listen to their tales in amazement.
25. In the sea are strange and marvellous creatures:huge monsters and all kinds of living things.
26. Each of the Lord's messengers succeeds at its task.Everything is held together by his word.
27. We could say much more and never finish,but it all means this: the Lord is everything.
28. How can we find the power to praise him?He is greater than all his creation.
29. The Lord is awesome in his greatness;his power is overwhelming.