Sirach 43:16

¹⁴Through this the treasures are opened: and clouds fly forth as fowls.

¹⁵By his great power he maketh the clouds firm, and the hailstones are broken small.

— Sirach 43:16 —

¹⁷The noise of the thunder maketh the earth to tremble: so doth the northern storm and the whirlwind: as birds flying he scattereth the snow, and the falling down thereof is as the lighting of grasshoppers:

¹⁸The eye marvelleth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the raining of it.