1   The glorie of the height is ^note the faire and cleare firmament, the beautie of the heauen is his glorious clearnesse.

2   The sunne when it appeareth, declareth the day in the goyng out of it, a maruelous worke of the hyghest:

3   At noone it burneth the earth, and who may abyde for the heate therof?

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 Lorde that made it, and in his commaundement he causeth it to runne hastyly.

6    ^noteThe moone also in al thinges according to her season is a declaration of the time, and a signe for the world. B   

7    ^noteThe token of the solempne feast is taken of the moone, a light that minisheth and increaseth againe.

8   The moneth is called after the moone, it groweth wonderously in her changing.

9   The armie of heauen also is in þe; 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   In his holy worke they continue in their order, and not one of them fayleth in his watch.

11    ^noteLoke vpon the raynebow, and prayse hym that made it: very beautifull is it in his shine.

12   He compasseth the heauen about with a glorious circle, the handes of the highest haue bended it.

13   Through his commaundement he maketh the snow to fall, and the thunder of his iudgement to smyte hastyly.

14   Thorowe his commaundement the treasures are opened, and the cloudes flee as the foules. C   

15   In his power hath he strengthened the cloudes, and broken the hayle stones.

16   The mountaynes ^note leape at the sight of hym, the winde bloweth accorcording to his will.

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 maruayleth at the beautie of the whytenesse therof, and the heart is afrayde at the rayne of it.

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 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.

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21   He deuoureth the mountaynes, ∧ burneth the wildernesses: and loke what is greene, he putteth it out lyke fire.

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   In his worde he stilleth the winde, in his counsell he appeaseth the deepe, and hath planted Ilandes in it.

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 there be straunge wonderous workes, diuers maners of nyce beastes, and whale fishes.

26   Thorow him are al thinges set in good order and perfourmed, and in his word all thinges endure.

27   I speake much, but I can not sufficiently attayne vnto it: for he hym selfe onely is the perfection of all wordes.

28   We shoulde prayse the Lorde after all our power, for he is great in all his workes.

29   The Lorde is to be feared, yea very great is he, ^note ∧ maruelous is his power.

30   Prayse the Lord, and magnifie him as much as ye may, yet doth he far exceede all prayse: ^note O magnifie him with al your power, and labour earnestly, yet are ye in no wise able sufficiently to prayse him.

31   Who hath seene hym, that he might tell vs? ^noteWho can magnifie hym so greatly as he is? E   

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 Lorde hath made all thinges, ∧ geuen wisdome to such as feare God.

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