詩歌： Father, th’ Thou O eternal God,

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

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

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

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

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

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

Father, th’ Thou O eternal God,