New American Bible, Revised Edition

Ben Sira 43:19-27 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

19. He scatters frost like salt;it shines like blossoms on the thornbush.

20. He sends cold northern blaststhat harden the ponds like solid ground,Spreads a crust over every body of water,and clothes each pool with a coat of armor.

21. When mountain growth is scorched by heat,and flowering plains as by fire,

22. The dripping clouds restore them all,and the scattered dew enriches the parched land.

23. His is the plan that calms the deep,and plants the islands in the sea.

24. Those who go down to the sea recount its extent,and when we hear them we are thunderstruck;

25. In it are his creatures, stupendous, amazing,all kinds of life, and the monsters of the deep.

26. For him each messenger succeeds,and at his bidding accomplishes his will.

27. More than this we need not add;let the last word be, he is the all!