| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | O Thou Eternal One! | | By Gabriel Romanovitch Derzhavin (Trans. Sir John Bowring) |
| | | O THOU Eternal One! whose presence bright | |
| All space doth occupy, all motion guide: | |
| Unchanged through time’s all-devastating flight; | |
| Thou only God! There is no God beside! | |
| Being above all beings! mighty One! | 5 |
| Whom none can comprehend and none explore; | |
| Who fill’st existence with Thyself alone: | |
| Embracing all, supporting, ruling o’er,— | |
| Being whom we call God, and know no more! | | | | |
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