Wycliffe - Sirach - 43

43:1  The firmament of hiynesse is the fairnesse therof; the fairnesse of heuene in the siyt of glorie.

43:2  The sunne in biholdyng, tellynge in goyng out, is a woundurful vessel, the werk of hiy God.

43:3  In the tyme of myddai it brenneth the erthe; and who schal mow suffre in the siyt of his heete? Kepynge a furneis in the werkis of heete;

43:4  the sunne brennynge hillis in thre maneris, sendynge out beemys of fier, and schynynge ayen with hise beemys, blyndith iyen.

43:5  The Lord is greet, that made it; and in the wordis of hym it hastide iourney.

43:6  And the moone in alle men in his tyme is shewing of tyme, and a signe of the world.

43:7  A signe of the feeste dai is takun of the moone; the liyt which is maad litil in the ende.

43:8  The monethe is encreessynge bi the name therof, wondirfuli in to the ending.

43:9  A vessel of castels in hiy thingis, schynynge gloriousli in the firmament of heuene.

43:10  The fairnesse of heuene is the glorie of sterris; the Lord an hiy liytneth the world.

43:11  In the wordis of the hooli tho schulen stonde at the doom; and tho schulen not faile in her wakyngis.

43:12  Se thou the bouwe, and blesse thou hym that made it; it is ful fair in his schynyng.

43:13  It yede aboute heuene in the cumpas of his glorie; the hondis of hiy God openyden it.

43:14  Bi his comaundement he hastide the snow; and he hastith to sende out the leiytyngis of his dom.

43:15  Therfor tresouris weren opened, and clowdis fledden out as been.

43:16  In his greetnesse he settide clowdis; and stoonys of hail weren brokun.

43:17  Hillis schulen be moued in his siyt; and the south wynd schal blowe in his wille.

43:18  The vois of his thundur schal beete the erthe; the tempest of the north, and the gaderyng togidere of wynd.

43:19  And as a brid puttynge doun to sitte sprengith snow, and the comyng doun of that snow is as a locust drenchynge doun.

43:20  The iye schal wondre on the fairnesse of whitnesse therof; and an herte dredith on the reyn therof.

43:21  He schal schede out frost as salt on the erthe; and while the wynd blowith, it schal be maad as coppis of a brere.

43:22  The coold northun wynd blew, and cristal of watir frees togidre; it restith, on al the gedering togidere of watris, and it clothith it silf with watris, as with an haburioun.

43:23  And it schal deuoure hillis, and it schal brenne the desert; and it schal quenche grene thing as fier.

43:24  The medicyn of alle thingis is in the haasting of a cloude; a deewe, meetynge the heete comynge of brennyng, schal make it low.

43:25  The wynd was stille in the word of God; bi his thouyt he made peesible the depthe of watris; and the Lord Jhesu plauntide it.

43:26  Thei that seilen in the see, tellen out the perels therof; and we heeringe with oure eeris schulen wondre.

43:27  There ben ful cleer werkis, and wonderful, dyuerse kindis of beestis, and of alle litle beestis, and the creature of wondurful fischis.

43:28  The ende of weie is confermyd for it; and alle thingis ben maad in the word of hym.

43:29  We seien many thingis, and we faylen in wordis; forsothe he is the endyng of wordis.

43:30  To what thing schulen we be myyti, that han glorie in alle thingis? for he is al myyti aboue alle hise werkis.

43:31  The Lord is ferdful, and ful greet; and his power is wondurful.

43:32  Glorifie ye the Lord as myche as euere ye moun, yit he schal be myytiere; and his grete doynge is wondurful.

43:33  Ye blessynge the Lord, enhaunse hym as myche as ye moun; for he is more than al preisyng.

43:34  Ye enhaunsynge hym schulen be fillid with vertu; trauele ye not, for ye schulen not take perfitli.

43:35  Who siy hym, and schal telle out? and who schal magnefie hym, as he is fro the bigynnyng?

43:36  Many thingis gretter than these ben hid fro vs; for we han seyn fewe thingis of hise werkis.

43:37  Forsothe the Lord made alle thingis; and he yaf wisdom to men doynge feithfuli.