| Thou, the great, eternal God,Art high above our thought!
 Worthy to be feared, adored,
 By all Thy hands have wrought:
 None can with Thyself compare;
 Thy glory fills both earth and sky;
 We, and all thy creatures, are
 As nothing in Thine eyes.
 Of Thy great unbounded powerTo Thee the praise we give,
 Infinitely great, and more
 Than heart can e’er conceive:
 When Thou wilt to work proceed,
 Thy purpose firm none can withstand,
 Frustrate the determined deed,
 Or stay the almighty hand.
 Thou, our God, art wise alone;Thy counsel doth excel;
 Wonderful Thy works we own,
 Thy ways unsearchable;
 Who can sound the mystery,
 Thy judgments’ deep abyss explain,
 Thine, whose eyes in darkness see,
 And search the heart of man?
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