How wonderful, O Lord, are the works of Your hands! (First Day of Spring)

How wonderful, O Lord, are the works of Your hands! The heavens declare your glory, the arch of the sky displays Your handiwork.
The heavens declare the glory of God.

In Your love You have given us the power to behold the beauty of Your world, robed in all its splendor. The sun and the stars, the valleys and hills, the rivers and lakes-- all disclose Your presence.
The earth reveals God's eternal presence.

The roating breakers of the sea twll of Your awesome might; the beasts of the field and the birds of the air speak Your wondrous will.
Life comes forth by God's creative will.

In Your goodness You have made us able to hear the music of the world. The raging of the winds, the whisperings of the trees in the wood, and the precious voices of loved ones reveal to us that You are in our midst.
A divine voice sings through all creation.

--Nature prayer from Gates of Prayer: The New Union Prayer Book, Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1975, p. 651.