3 At his noon he dries up the country, And who shall stand against his burning heat?
4 A man blowing a furnace is in works of heat, But the sun three times more, burning up the mountains: Breathing out fiery vapours, And sending forth bright beams, he dims the eyes.
5 Great is the Lord that made him; And at his word he hastens his course.
6 The moon also is in all things for her season, For a declaration of times, and a sign of the world.
7 From the moon is the sign of the feast day; A light that waneth when she is come to the full.
8 The month is called after her name, Increasing wonderfully in her changing; An instrument of the hosts on high, Shining forth in the firmament of heaven;
9 The beauty of heaven, the glory of the stars, An ornament giving light in the highest places of the Lord.