It encompasseth the heaven about with the circle of its glory, the hands of the most High have displayed it. 14By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, and sendeth forth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment. 15Through this are the treasures opened, and the clouds fly out like birds. 16By his greatness he hath fixed the clouds, and the hailstones are broken. 17At his sight shall the mountains be shaken, and at his will the south wind shall blow. 18The noise of his thunder shall strike the earth, so doth the northern storm, and the whirlwind: 19And as the birds lighting upon the earth, he scattereth snow, and the falling thereof, is as the coming down of locusts. 20The eye admireth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the shower thereof. 21He shall pour frost as salt upon the earth: and when it freezeth, it shall become like the tops of thistles. 22The cold north wind bloweth, and the water is congealed into crystal; upon every gathering together of waters it shall rest, and shall clothe the waters as a breastplate. 23And it shall devour the mountains, and burn the wilderness, and consume all that is green as with fire. 24A present remedy of all is the speedy coming of a cloud, and a dew that meeteth it, by the heat that cometh, shall overpower it. 25At his word the wind is still, and with his thought he appeaseth the deep, and the Lord hath planted islands therein. 26Let them that sail on the sea, tell the dangers thereof: and when we hear with our ears, we shall admire.