He sends the snow that is white like wool; he spreads the frost that is white like ashes.

He throws his hailstones like crumbs. Who can withstand the cold wind he sends?

Praise him, all his angels! Praise him, all his heavenly assembly!

Praise the Lord from the earth, you sea creatures and all you ocean depths,

O fire and hail, snow and clouds, O stormy wind that carries out his orders,

For the Lord takes delight in his people; he exalts the oppressed by delivering them.

in order to take revenge on the nations, and punish foreigners.

Praise him with the tambourine and with dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and the flute!

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!

By his knowledge the primordial sea was broken open, and the clouds drip down dew.

Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you.

Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise!

yet it prepares its food in the summer; it gathers at the harvest what it will eat.

A worthless and wicked person walks around saying perverse things;

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift to run to evil,

He will be beaten and despised, and his reproach will not be wiped away;

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding a close relative,

(She is loud and rebellious, she does not remain at home –

Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice?