5 For from the greatness and beauty of created things

comes a corresponding perception of their Creator.

6 Yet these people are little to be blamed,

for perhaps they go astray

while seeking God and desiring to find him.

7 For while they live among his works, they keep searching,

and they trust in what they see, because the things that are seen are beautiful.

8 Yet again, not even they are to be excused;