1  O God, th' eternal Father, Thou,

    The uncreated, great I AM!

    More ancient than the ancients are,

    Before the primal age began!

 2  From everlasting Thou art God,

    All time and space Thou dost transcend!

    The fulness of eternity,

    Without beginning, without end!

 3  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!

 4  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!

 5  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!

 6  We praise Thee for Thine endless years,

    Extol Thee for Thy boundlessness!

    We praise Thee for Thy fulness vast,

    Extol Thee for Thy perfectness