Sirach 43
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| 1 | The firmament of hiynesse is the fairnesse therof; the fairnesse of heuene in the siyt of glorie. |
| 2 | The sunne in biholdyng, tellynge in goyng out, is a woundurful vessel, the werk of hiy God. |
| 3 | In 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; |
| 4 | the sunne brennynge hillis in thre maneris, sendynge out beemys of fier, and schynynge ayen with hise beemys, blyndith iyen. |
| 5 | The Lord is greet, that made it; and in the wordis of hym it hastide iourney. |
| 6 | And the moone in alle men in his tyme is shewing of tyme, and a signe of the world. |
| 7 | A signe of the feeste dai is takun of the moone; the liyt which is maad litil in the ende. |
| 8 | The monethe is encreessynge bi the name therof, wondirfuli in to the ending. |
| 8a | 43:9 A vessel of castels in hiy thingis, schynynge gloriousli in the firmament of heuene. |
| 9 | 43:10 The fairnesse of heuene is the glorie of sterris; the Lord an hiy liytneth the world. |
| 10 | 43:11 In the wordis of the hooli tho schulen stonde at the doom; and tho schulen not faile in her wakyngis. |
| 11 | 43:12 Se thou the bouwe, and blesse thou hym that made it; it is ful fair in his schynyng. |
| 12 | 43:13 It yede aboute heuene in the cumpas of his glorie; the hondis of hiy God openyden it. |
| 13 | 43:14 Bi his comaundement he hastide the snow; and he hastith to sende out the leiytyngis of his dom. |
| 14 | 43:15 Therfor tresouris weren opened, and clowdis fledden out as been. |
| 15 | 43:16 In his greetnesse he settide clowdis; and stoonys of hail weren brokun. |
| 16 | 43:17 Hillis schulen be moued in his siyt; and the south wynd schal blowe in his wille. |
| 17 | 43:18 The vois of his thundur schal beete the erthe; the tempest of the north, and the gaderyng togidere of wynd. |
| 17a | 43:19 And as a brid puttynge doun to sitte sprengith snow, and the comyng doun of that snow is as a locust drenchynge doun. |
| 18 | 43:20 The iye schal wondre on the fairnesse of whitnesse therof; and an herte dredith on the reyn therof. |
| 19 | 43:21 He schal schede out frost as salt on the erthe; and while the wynd blowith, it schal be maad as coppis of a brere. |
| 20 | 43:22 The 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. |
| 21 | 43:23 And it schal deuoure hillis, and it schal brenne the desert; and it schal quenche grene thing as fier. |
| 22 | 43:24 The medicyn of alle thingis is in the haasting of a cloude; a deewe, meetynge the heete comynge of brennyng, schal make it low. |
| 23 | 43:25 The wynd was stille in the word of God; bi his thouyt he made peesible the depthe of watris; and the Lord Jhesu plauntide it. |
| 24 | 43:26 Thei that seilen in the see, tellen out the perels therof; and we heeringe with oure eeris schulen wondre. |
| 25 | 43:27 There ben ful cleer werkis, and wonderful, dyuerse kindis of beestis, and of alle litle beestis, and the creature of wondurful fischis. |
| 26 | 43:28 The ende of weie is confermyd for it; and alle thingis ben maad in the word of hym. |
| 27 | 43:29 We seien many thingis, and we faylen in wordis; forsothe he is the endyng of wordis. |
| 28 | 43:30 To what thing schulen we be myyti, that han glorie in alle thingis? for he is al myyti aboue alle hise werkis. |
| 29 | 43:31 The Lord is ferdful, and ful greet; and his power is wondurful. |
| 29a | 43:32 Glorifie ye the Lord as myche as euere ye moun, yit he schal be myytiere; and his grete doynge is wondurful. |
| 29b | 43:33 Ye blessynge the Lord, enhaunse hym as myche as ye moun; for he is more than al preisyng. |
| 30 | 43:34 Ye enhaunsynge hym schulen be fillid with vertu; trauele ye not, for ye schulen not take perfitli. |
| 31 | 43:35 Who siy hym, and schal telle out? and who schal magnefie hym, as he is fro the bigynnyng? |
| 32 | 43:36 Many thingis gretter than these ben hid fro vs; for we han seyn fewe thingis of hise werkis. |
| 33 | 43:37 Forsothe the Lord made alle thingis; and he yaf wisdom to men doynge feithfuli. |
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