O God, th’ eternal Father, Thou

O God

th’ eternal Father

Thou

The uncreated

great I AM!

More ancient than the ancients are

Before the primal age began!

From everlasting Thou art God

All time and space Thou dost transcend!

The fulness of eternity

Without beginning

without end!

Th’ eternal source of all Thou art

Before the heavens were decreed!

Thou art the first of all the first

And e’en the foremost dost precede!

Thou art the life that ever lasts

From age to age Thou endest not!

More lasting than all that which lasts

Beyond the ultimate Thou art!

Thou art the Alpha as the first

Omega

as the last Thou art!

From start to end Thou hast no lack

Complete and perfect

wanting not!

We praise Thee for Thine endless years

Extol Thee for Thy boundlessness!

We praise Thee for Thy fulness vast

Extol Thee for Thy Perfectness!