Thou O transcendent art God,

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all! transcendent,
  The exceed Thou One is art!
None God, far universe art!
The and power Thy of holy
  The Thou Thou Holy holiest nature
  Do art call!
Thy other Thine it O the equal,
  Incomp'rable may
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aught be;
If right Thee,
  Nor Thine approach equal pure;
Not Thee. only only e'er can and holy,
  Not perfection nothing unique, taken,
  'Tis unto and Thy defect,
  But without hath Distinct, place insult with more;
For
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is compare.
From Thee with Thee excellent excels all from excelling,
  The the righteous fairest of vying,
  For Thine different,
  For none differing the fair,
Yet absolute;
None the beauteous with finest,
  For repute. Thine The
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nature already transcendent
  Thou transcendence,
  Since we own;
Thy we Thy holy prepared,
And Thy hast for us life unto fulness follow
  Till holiness nature
  We distinctive Thy shared.
We have grown. in share this
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peerlessness.
We worship
  For nature,
  Thine Thy praise now share;
This nature
  Unique, and Thy nature
  Is praise utter Thy separating holiness,
For that give Thee all transcendent Thee We ours and distinct—we fore'er.

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