Sirach 43:3-5

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³ At noon it parches the land,
    and who can withstand its burning heat?
⁴ A man tending^[a] a furnace works in burning heat,
    but three times as hot is the sun scorching the mountains;
it breathes out fiery vapors,
    and its bright rays blind the eyes.
⁵ Great is the Lord who made it;
    at his orders it hurries on its course.