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| THE LIVING God we praise, exalt, adore! | |
| He was, He is, He will be evermore. | |
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| No unity like unto His can be, | |
| Eternal, inconceivable is He. | |
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| No form or shape has th’ incorporeal One, | 5 |
| Most holy beyond all comparison. | |
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| He was, ere aught was made in heaven or earth, | |
| But His existence has no date or birth. | |
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| Lord of the Universe is He proclaimed, | |
| Teaching His power to all His hand has framed. | 10 |
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| He gave His gift of prophecy to those | |
| In whom He gloried, whom He loved and chose. | |
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| No prophet ever yet has filled the place | |
| Of Moses, who beheld God face to face. | |
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| Through Him (the faithful in His house) the Lord | 15 |
| The law of truth to Israel did accord. | |
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| This law God will not alter, will not change | |
| For any other through time’s utmost range. | |
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| He knows and heeds the secret thoughts of man: | |
| He saw the end of all ere aught began. | 20 |
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| With love and grace doth He the righteous bless, | |
| He metes out evil unto wickedness. | |
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| He at the last will His anointed send, | |
| Those to redeem, who hope, and wait the end. | |
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| God will the dead to life again restore, | 25 |
| Praised be His glorious name for evermore. | |
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