42:18 He seeketh out the deep, and the heart, and considereth their
crafty devices: for the Lord knoweth all that may be known, and he
beholdeth the signs of the world.
42:19 He declareth the things that are past, and for to come, and
revealeth the steps of hidden things.
42:20 No thought escapeth him, neither any word is hidden from him.
42:21 He hath garnished the excellent works of his wisdom, and he is
from everlasting to everlasting: unto him may nothing be added, neither
can he be diminished, and he hath no need of any counsellor.
42:22 Oh how desirable are all his works! and that a man may see even
to a spark.
42:23 All these things live and remain for ever for all uses, and they
are all obedient.
42:24 All things are double one against another: and he hath made
nothing imperfect.
42:25 One thing establisheth the good or another: and who shall be
filled with beholding his glory?
43:1 The pride of the height, the clear firmament, the beauty of
heaven, with his glorious shew;
43:2 The sun when it appeareth, declaring at his rising a marvellous
instrument, the work of the most High:
43:3 At noon it parcheth the country, and who can abide the burning
heat thereof?
43:4 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.
43:5 Great is the Lord that made it; and at his commandment runneth
hastily.
43:6 He made the moon also to serve in her season for a declaration of
times, and a sign of the world.
43:7 From the moon is the sign of feasts, a light that decreaseth in
her perfection.
43:8 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;
43:9 The beauty of heaven, the glory of the stars, an ornament giving
light in the highest places of the Lord.
43:10 At the commandment of the Holy One they will stand in their
order, and never faint in their watches.
43:11 Look upon the rainbow, and praise him that made it; very
beautiful it is in the brightness thereof.
43:12 It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the
hands of the most High have bended it.
43:13 By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, and sendeth
swiftly the lightnings of his judgment.
43:14 Through this the treasures are opened: and clouds fly forth as
fowls.
43:15 By his great power he maketh the clouds firm, and the hailstones
are broken small.
43:16 At his sight the mountains are shaken, and at his will the south
wind bloweth.
43:17 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:
43:18 The eye marvelleth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and
the heart is astonished at the raining of it.
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