Sirach 50:7-9

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⁷ like the sun shining on the temple of the Most High,
    like the rainbow gleaming in splendid clouds,^(A)
8 like roses in the days of the spring harvest,
    like lilies by springs of water,
    like a green shoot on Lebanon on a summer day,^(B)
9 like fire and incense in the censer,
    like a vessel of hammered gold
    studded with all kinds of precious stones,^(C)