Translation:Mishnah/Seder Zeraim/Tractate Berakhot/Chapter 9/2


 * On comets, and on earthquakes, and on lightning and on thunder, and on storms say,
 * “Blessed be He whose strength and might fill the world.”
 * On mountains, and on hills, and on seas, and on rivers, and on deserts say,
 * “Blessed are His works that He made in the beginning.”
 * R’ Yehuda says, “One who sees the great sea says,
 * ‘Blessed is He that made the great sea.’ Only if he sees it occasionally.”
 * On rain and on good news say, “Blessed is He who is good, and does good.”
 * And on bad news say, “Blessed are you the true judge.”



if he sees it occasionally The blessing is not said by someone who is accustomed to seeing the ocean every day.