Sirach 50:6-8

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⁶ like the morning star among the clouds,
    like the full moon at the festal season,^[a](A)
7 like the sun shining on the temple of the Most High,
    like the rainbow gleaming in splendid clouds,^(B)
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,^(C)