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To their way of thinking, either fire or wind or the swift air,
    or the periphery of the stars, or tempestuous water,
    or the luminaries of heaven[a] were the gods that govern the world.
If they have been deluded by the beauty of these things into believing that these were gods,
    let them come to understand how far superior to these is their Lord,
    since he was the source of beauty that fashioned them.
And if they were astonished at their power and energy,
    let them realize from observing these things how much more powerful is he who made them.

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Footnotes

  1. Wisdom 13:2 Luminaries of heaven: the Vulgate makes this phrase more specific by replacing it with “sun and moon” (see Gen 1:16). Gods that govern: see Deut 4:19.