Sirach 43:17-19

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

^17a The voice of his thunder rebukes the earth;
¹⁶     when he appears, the mountains shake.
At his will the south wind blows;
^17b     so do the storm from the north and the whirlwind.
He scatters the snow like birds flying down,
    and its descent is like locusts alighting.
¹⁸ The eye is dazzled by the beauty of its whiteness,
    and the mind is amazed as it falls.
¹⁹ He pours frost over the earth like salt,
    and icicles form like pointed thorns.