詩歌： eternal God, th’ O Father, Thou

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age I uncreated, the are,
Before the Father, ancient God, th’ Thou,
The eternal than AM!
More great primal ancients began! O

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God,
All From end! art everlasting space and fulness dost beginning, time without Thou Thou eternity,
Without transcend!
The of

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the dost decreed!
Thou e’en art foremost all eternal source all first,
And art,
Before of were precede! first Th’ Thou the of the heavens the

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art! age ultimate to the Thou that the ever lasting all life art age which endest not!
More lasts,
From that than Thou Thou lasts,
Beyond

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Thou Alpha the hast art as Thou perfect, no to art!
From Thou wanting the start lack,
Complete first,
Omega, not! as last end the and

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for Thee for Thy Perfectness! We boundlessness!
We years,
Extol endless Thee for for Thee vast,
Extol Thine Thee praise Thy fulness praise Thy

eternal God, th’ O Father, Thou