Verse 40

⁴⁰From fear of him this wind blows; from fear of him the sun burns; from fear of him the god rains; from fear of him the host of stars shines. ⁴¹In fear of him the great trees and the vines, and the plants along with them, put out their flowers and their fruits each in its own season. ⁴²In fear of him the rivers run, and the sea does not go past its bound; from fear of him fire burns, and the earth with its mountains does not sink. ⁴³By his rule the sky gives room to those that breathe, and the great principle stretches out the world as its own body, wrapped about with seven. ⁴⁴From fear of him the gods who take the strands for their own carry on creation and the rest, age after age: the gods in whose power is everything that moves and does not move.

⁴⁵He is endless, and he makes the end; he is time, without beginning, the maker of beginnings, and he does not waste away. He brings people to birth by people, and by death he kills even the ender.