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| [1]The pride of the height, the clear firmament, the beauty of heaven, with his glorious shew; |
[1]The glorie of the height is the faire and cleare firmament, the beautie of the heauen is his glorious clearnesse. |
| [2]The sun when it appeareth, declaring at his rising a marvellous instrument, the work of the most High: |
[2]The sunne when it appeareth, declareth the day in the goyng out of it, a maruelous worke of the hyghest: |
| [3]At noon it parcheth the country, and who can abide the burning heat thereof? |
[3]At noone it burneth the earth, and who may abyde for the heate therof? |
| [4]A man blowing a furnace is in works of heat, but the sun burneth the mountains three times more; breathing out fiery vapours, and sending forth bright beams, it dimmeth the eyes. |
[4]Who so kepeth an ouen when it is hot, three times more doth the sunne burne vpon the mountaynes: when it breatheth out the fire beames & shineth, with the brightnesse of it it blindeth the eyes. |
| [5]Great is the Lord that made it; and at his commandment runneth hastily. |
[5]Great is the Lorde that made it, and in his commaundement he causeth it to runne hastyly. |
| [6]He made the moon also to serve in her season for a declaration of times, and a sign of the world. |
[6]The moone also in al thinges according to her season is a declaration of the time, and a signe for the world. |
| [7]From the moon is the sign of feasts, a light that decreaseth in her perfection. |
[7]The token of the solempne feast is taken of the moone, a light that minisheth and increaseth againe. |
| [8]The month is called after her name, increasing wonderfully in her changing, being an instrument of the armies above, shining in the firmament of heaven; |
[8]The moneth is called after the moone, it groweth wonderously in her changing. |
| [9]The beauty of heaven, the glory of the stars, an ornament giving light in the highest places of the Lord. |
[9]The armie of heauen also is in ye heyght: in the firmament of heauen it geueth a cleare and a glorious shyne: This is the clearnesse of the starres, the beautifull apparell of heauen, the apparel that the Lorde lighteneth in the heyght. |
| [10]At the commandment of the Holy One they will stand in their order, and never faint in their watches. |
[10]In his holy worke they continue in their order, and not one of them fayleth in his watch. |
| [11]Look upon the rainbow, and praise him that made it; very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof. |
[11]Loke vpon the raynebow, and prayse hym that made it: very beautifull is it in his shine. |
| [12]It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the most High have bended it. |
[12]He compasseth the heauen about with a glorious circle, the handes of the highest haue bended it. |
| [13]By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall aplace, and sendeth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment. |
[13]Through his commaundement he maketh the snow to fall, and the thunder of his iudgement to smyte hastyly. |
| [14]Through this the treasures are opened: and clouds fly forth as fowls. |
[14]Thorowe his commaundement the treasures are opened, and the cloudes flee as the foules. |
| [15]By his great power he maketh the clouds firm, and the hailstones are broken small. |
[15]In his power hath he strengthened the cloudes, and broken the hayle stones. |
| [16]At his sight the mountains are shaken, and at his will the south wind bloweth. |
[16]The mountaynes leape at the sight of hym, the winde bloweth accorcording to his will. |
| [17]The noise of the thunder maketh the earth to tremble: so doth the northern storm and the whirlwind: as birds flying he scattereth the snow, and the falling down thereof is as the lighting of grasshoppers: |
[17]The sounde of his thunder beateth the earth, & so doth the storme of the north: the whirle wind also lighteth downe as a fethered foule, casteth out & spreadeth the snowe abrode, and as the grashoppers that destroy al, so falleth it downe. |
| [18]The eye marvelleth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the raining of it. |
[18]The eye maruayleth at the beautie of the whytenesse therof, and the heart is afrayde at the rayne of it. |
| [19]The hoarfrost also as salt he poureth on the earth, and being congealed, it lieth on the top of sharp stakes. |
[19]He powreth out the frost vpon earth like salt, and when it is frosen, it is as sharpe as the pricke of a thistle. |
| [20]When the cold north wind bloweth, and the water is congealed into ice, it abideth upon every gathering together of water, and clotheth the water as with a breastplate. |
[20]When the colde north winde bloweth, harde christall commeth of the water: He lighteth downe vpon all the gatheringes together of water, and putteth on the water as a brestplate. |
| [21]It devoureth the mountains, and burneth the wilderness, and consumeth the grass as fire. |
[21]He deuoureth the mountaynes, & burneth the wildernesses: and loke what is greene, he putteth it out lyke fire. |
| [22]A present remedy of all is a mist coming speedily, a dew coming after heat refresheth. |
[22]The medicine of all these is, when a cloude commeth hastyly, and when a deaw commeth vpon the heate, it shalbe refreshed againe. |
| [23]By his counsel he appeaseth the deep, and planteth islands therein. |
[23]In his worde he stilleth the winde, in his counsell he appeaseth the deepe, and hath planted Ilandes in it. |
| [24]They that sail on the sea tell of the danger thereof; and when we hear it with our ears, we marvel thereat. |
[24]They that sayle ouer the sea, tel of the peryls and harmes therof, and when we heare it with our eares, we maruell therat. |
| [25]For therein be strange and wondrous works, variety of all kinds of beasts and whales created. |
[25]For there be straunge wonderous workes, diuers maners of nyce beastes, and whale fishes. |
| [26]By him the end of them hath prosperous success, and by his word all things consist. |
[26]Thorow him are al thinges set in good order and perfourmed, and in his word all thinges endure. |
| [27]We may speak much, and yet come short: wherefore in sum, he is all. |
[27]I speake much, but I can not sufficiently attayne vnto it: for he hym selfe onely is the perfection of all wordes. |
| [28]How shall we be able to magnify him? for he is great above all his works. |
[28]We shoulde prayse the Lorde after all our power, for he is great in all his workes. |
| [29]The Lord is terrible and very great, and marvellous is his power. |
[29]The Lorde is to be feared, yea very great is he, & maruelous is his power. |
| [30]When ye glorify the Lord, exalt him as much as ye can; for even yet will he far exceed: and when ye exalt him, put forth all your strength, and be not weary; for ye can never go far enough. |
[30]Prayse the Lord, and magnifie him as much as ye may, yet doth he far exceede all prayse: O magnifie him with al your power, and labour earnestly, yet are ye in no wise able sufficiently to prayse him. |
| [31]Who hath seen him, that he might tell us? and who can magnify him as he is? |
[31]Who hath seene hym, that he might tell vs? Who can magnifie hym so greatly as he is? |
| [32]There are yet hid greater things than these be, for we have seen but a few of his works. |
[32]For there are hyd yet greater thinges then these be: as for vs, we haue seene but fewe of his workes. |
| [33]For the Lord hath made all things; and to the godly hath he given wisdom. |
[33]For the Lorde hath made all thinges, & geuen wisdome to such as feare God. |