Wisdom of Ben Sira 43:17-19

New Catholic Bible

^16a At the sight of him the mountains quake,
^17a     the thunder of his voice makes the earth writhe.
^16b At his will the south wind blows,
^17b as do the storm from the north and the whirlwind.
He scatters the snowflakes like birds alighting;
    they descend like a swarm of locusts.
¹⁸ The eye is dazzled by the beauty of their whiteness,
    and the mind is entranced with its steady fall.
¹⁹ He scatters frost over the earth like salt,
    and icicles form like pointed thorns.