Haydn: The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1: No. 3, Recit. And God Made The Firmament (English Text, Ed. McCreesh)

And God made the firmament

And divided the waters which were under the firmament

From the waters which were above the firmament

And it was so

Outrageous, dreadful storms now arise

As chaff by the winds impell'd are the clouds

By Heaven's fire the sky is enflamed

And awful roll the thunders on high

At his command, rise from the floods

Reviving showers of rain

The dreary wasteful hail

the light and flaky snow