I will now call to mind the works of the Lord

and will declare what I have seen.

By the words of the Lord his works are done.

and by his good pleasure justice is done.

The sun looks down on everything with its light,

and the work of the Lord is full of his glory.

The Lord has not enabled even his holy ones

to recount all his marvelous works,

which the Lord the Almighty has established

so that the universe may stand firm in his glory.

He searches out the Abyss and the heart

and considers their wonders.

For the Most High knows all that may be known,

and he has seen the signs of the age.

He declares what has been and what is to be,

and he reveals the tracks of hidden things.

No thought escapes him,

and not one thing is hidden from him.

He has ordained the splendors of his wisdom,

and he is from everlasting to everlasting.

Nothing can be added or taken away,

and he needs no one to be his counselor.

How greatly to be desire are all his works,

and how brilliant they are to see!

All these things live and remain forever

for every need, and all are obedient.

All things are twofold, one opposite the other,

and who can have enough of seeing his glory?

-- Sirach 42