Sir 43

1The firmament of hiynesse is the fairnesse therof; the fairnesse of heuene in the siyt of glorie. 2The sunne in biholdyng, tellynge in goyng out, is a woundurful vessel, the werk of hiy God. 3In the tyme of myddai it brenneth the erthe; and who schal mow suffre in the siyt of his heete? Kepynge a furneis in the werkis of heete; 4the sunne brennynge hillis in thre maneris, sendynge out beemys of fier, and schynynge ayen with hise beemys, blyndith iyen. 5The Lord is greet, that made it; and in the wordis of hym it hastide iourney. 6And the moone in alle men in his tyme is shewing of tyme, and a signe of the world. 7A signe of the feeste dai is takun of the moone; the liyt which is maad litil in the ende. 8The monethe is encreessynge bi the name therof, wondirfuli in to the ending. 9A vessel of castels in hiy thingis, schynynge gloriousli in the firmament of heuene. 10The fairnesse of heuene is the glorie of sterris; the Lord an hiy liytneth the world. 11In the wordis of the hooli tho schulen stonde at the doom; and tho schulen not faile in her wakyngis. 12Se thou the bouwe, and blesse thou hym that made it; it is ful fair in his schynyng. 13It yede aboute heuene in the cumpas of his glorie; the hondis of hiy God openyden it. 14Bi his comaundement he hastide the snow; and he hastith to sende out the leiytyngis of his dom. 15Therfor tresouris weren opened, and clowdis fledden out as been. 16In his greetnesse he settide clowdis; and stoonys of hail weren brokun. 17Hillis schulen be moued in his siyt; and the south wynd schal blowe in his wille. 18The vois of his thundur schal beete the erthe; the tempest of the north, and the gaderyng togidere of wynd. 19And as a brid puttynge doun to sitte sprengith snow, and the comyng doun of that snow is as a locust drenchynge doun. 20The iye schal wondre on the fairnesse of whitnesse therof; and an herte dredith on the reyn therof. 21He schal schede out frost as salt on the erthe; and while the wynd blowith, it schal be maad as coppis of a brere. 22The coold northun wynd blew, and cristal of watir frees togidre; it restith, on al the gedering togidere of watris, and it clothith it silf with watris, as with an haburioun. 23And it schal deuoure hillis, and it schal brenne the desert; and it schal quenche grene thing as fier. 24The medicyn of alle thingis is in the haasting of a cloude; a deewe, meetynge the heete comynge of brennyng, schal make it low. 25The wynd was stille in the word of God; bi his thouyt he made peesible the depthe of watris; and the Lord Jhesu plauntide it. 26Thei that seilen in the see, tellen out the perels therof; and we heeringe with oure eeris schulen wondre. 27There ben ful cleer werkis, and wonderful, dyuerse kindis of beestis, and of alle litle beestis, and the creature of wondurful fischis. 28The ende of weie is confermyd for it; and alle thingis ben maad in the word of hym. 29We seien many thingis, and we faylen in wordis; forsothe he is the endyng of wordis. 30To what thing schulen we be myyti, that han glorie in alle thingis? for he is al myyti aboue alle hise werkis. 31The Lord is ferdful, and ful greet; and his power is wondurful. 32Glorifie ye the Lord as myche as euere ye moun, yit he schal be myytiere; and his grete doynge is wondurful. 33Ye blessynge the Lord, enhaunse hym as myche as ye moun; for he is more than al preisyng. 34Ye enhaunsynge hym schulen be fillid with vertu; trauele ye not, for ye schulen not take perfitli. 35Who siy hym, and schal telle out? and who schal magnefie hym, as he is fro the bigynnyng? 36Many thingis gretter than these ben hid fro vs; for we han seyn fewe thingis of hise werkis. 37Forsothe the Lord made alle thingis; and he yaf wisdom to men doynge feithfuli.