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    "content": "Ecclesiasticus, Chapter 43 — 37 verses (Douay-Rheims)",
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  "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43 (Douay-Rheims)",
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    {
      "verse": 1,
      "text": "The firmament on high is his beauty, the beauty of heaven with its glorious shew.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:1 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 2,
      "text": "The sun when he appeareth shewing forth at his rising, an admirable instrument, the work of the most High.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:2 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 3,
      "text": "At noon he burneth the earth, and who can abide his burning heat? As one keeping a furnace in the works of heat:",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:3 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 4,
      "text": "The sun three times as much, burneth the mountains, breathing out fiery vapours, and shining with his beams, he blindeth the eyes.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:4 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 5,
      "text": "Great is the Lord that made him, and at his words he hath hastened his course.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:5 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 6,
      "text": "And the moon in all in her season, is for a declaration of times and a sign of the world.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:6 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 7,
      "text": "From the moon is the sign of the festival day, a light that decreaseth in her perfection.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:7 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 8,
      "text": "The month is called after her name, increasing wonderfully in her perfection.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:8 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 9,
      "text": "Being an instrument of the armies on high, shining gloriously in the firmament of heaven.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:9 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 10,
      "text": "The glory of the stars is the beauty of heaven; the Lord enlighteneth the world on high.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:10 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 11,
      "text": "By the words of the holy one they stand in judgment, and shall never fall in their watches.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:11 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 12,
      "text": "Look upon the rainbow, and bless him that made it: it is very beautiful in its brightness.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:12 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 13,
      "text": "It encompasseth the heaven about with the circle of its glory, the hands of the most High have displayed it.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:13 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 14,
      "text": "By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, and sendeth forth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:14 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 15,
      "text": "Through this are the treasures opened, and the clouds fly out like birds.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:15 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 16,
      "text": "By his greatness he hath fixed the clouds, and the hailstones are broken.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:16 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 17,
      "text": "At his sight shall the mountains be shaken, and at his will the south wind shall blow.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:17 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 18,
      "text": "The noise of his thunder shall strike the earth, so doth the northern storm, and the whirlwind:",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:18 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 19,
      "text": "And as the birds lighting upon the earth, he scattereth snow, and the falling thereof, is as the coming down of locusts.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:19 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 20,
      "text": "The eye admireth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the shower thereof.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:20 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 21,
      "text": "He shall pour frost as salt upon the earth: and when it freezeth, it shall become like the tops of thistles.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:21 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 22,
      "text": "The 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.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:22 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 23,
      "text": "And it shall devour the mountains, and burn the wilderness, and consume all that is green as with fire.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:23 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 24,
      "text": "A 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.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:24 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 25,
      "text": "At his word the wind is still, and with his thought he appeaseth the deep, and the Lord hath planted islands therein.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:25 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 26,
      "text": "Let them that sail on the sea, tell the dangers thereof: and when we hear with our ears, we shall admire.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:26 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 27,
      "text": "There are great and wonderful works: a variety of beasts, and of all living things, and the monstrous creatures of whales.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:27 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 28,
      "text": "Through him is established the end of their journey, and by his word all things are regulated.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:28 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 29,
      "text": "We shall say much, and yet shall want words: but the sum of our words is, He is all.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:29 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 30,
      "text": "What shall we be able to do to glorify him? for the Almighty himself is above all his works.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:30 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 31,
      "text": "The Lord is terrible, and exceeding great, and his power is admirable.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:31 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 32,
      "text": "Glorify the Lord as much as ever you can, for he will yet far exceed, and his magnificence is wonderful.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:32 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 33,
      "text": "Blessing the Lord, exalt him as much as you can; for he is above all praise.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:33 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 34,
      "text": "When you exalt him put forth all your strength, and be not weary: for you can never go far enough.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:34 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 35,
      "text": "Who shall see him, and declare him? and who shall magnify him as he is from the beginning?",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:35 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 36,
      "text": "There are many things hidden from us that are greater than these: for we have seen but a few of his works.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:36 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 37,
      "text": "But the Lord hath made all things, and to the godly he hath given wisdom.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 43:37 (Douay-Rheims)"
    }
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