Sirach 50:5–10

5 How glorious he was when the people gathered round him

as he came out of the inner sanctuary!

6 Like the morning star among the clouds,

like the moon when it is full;

7 like the sun shining upon the temple of the Most High,

and like the rainbow gleaming in glorious clouds;

8 like roses in the days of the first fruits,

like lilies by a spring of water,

like a green shoot on Lebanon on a summer day;

9 like fire and incense in the censer,

like a vessel of hammered gold

adorned with all kinds of precious stones;

10 like an olive tree putting forth its fruit,

and like a cypress towering in the clouds.