Good News Bible Anglicised

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 43:1-6 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

1. How beautiful is the bright, clear sky above us!What a glorious sight it is!

2. The sun, when it appears, proclaims as it riseshow marvellous a thing it is, made by the Most High.

3. At noon it dries up the land;no one can stand its blazing heat.

4. The setting sun sets fire to the hilltops,like a metal furnace glowing from the heat.It sends out fiery rays,blinding the eyes with its brightness.

5. The Lord, who made it, is great;it speeds on its way at his command.

6. There is also the moon, marking the passage of time,an eternal sign of the changing seasons.