14. The storerooms of the sky are thrown open,and the clouds roll out like flying birds.
15. With his power he forms great masses of cloudsand shatters the ice into hailstones.
16-17. He speaks, and thunder twists the earth in pain;the mountains are shaken by his strength.Whenever he wishes, the south wind blows,whirlwinds come, and windstorms from the north.He sends the snow fluttering down like birds,like locusts alighting on the ground.
18. We marvel at its beautiful whiteness,and in fascination we watch it fall.
19. He sprinkles frost over the ground like salt,and it freezes into thorny flowers of ice.
20. He sends the cold north wind blowingand the water hardens into ice;every lake and pond freezes over,putting on a coat of icy armour.
21. He scorches the hills of the wilderness with drought,and the grass turns brown from its heat;
22. but a cloudy mist restores it all to lifeas the weather cools and dew appears.
23. By his wisdom he calmed the great oceansand placed the islands there.
24. Sailors tell about the dangers of the sea,and we listen to their tales in amazement.
25. In the sea are strange and marvellous creatures:huge monsters and all kinds of living things.
26. Each of the Lord's messengers succeeds at its task.Everything is held together by his word.
27. We could say much more and never finish,but it all means this: the Lord is everything.
28. How can we find the power to praise him?He is greater than all his creation.
29. The Lord is awesome in his greatness;his power is overwhelming.
30. Though you do your best to praise him,he is greater than you can ever express.Though you honour him tirelessly and with all your strength,you still cannot praise him enough.
31. No one has seen him, no one can describe him;no one can praise him as he deserves.
32. Mysteries greater than these are still unknown;we know only a fraction of his works.
33. The Lord made the universeand then gave wisdom to devout people.