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| IN the height and depth of His burning, | |
| Where mighty He sits on the throne, | |
| His light He unveils and His yearning | |
| To all who revere Him alone. | |
| His promises never are broken, | 5 |
| His greatness all measure exceeds; | |
| Then exalt Him who gives you for token | |
| His marvellous deeds. | |
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| He marshals the planets unbounded, | |
| He numbers the infinite years; | 10 |
| The seat of His empire is founded | |
| More deep than the nethermost spheres; | |
| He looks on the lands from His splendor; | |
| They tremble and quiver like reeds; | |
| Then exalt ye in lowly surrender | 15 |
| His marvellous deeds. | |
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| The worlds He upholds in their flying, | |
| His feet on the footstool of earth; | |
| His word hath established undying | |
| Whatever His word brought to birth. | 20 |
| The ruler of hosts is His title; | |
| Then exalt Him in worshipful creeds, | |
| Declaring in solemn recital | |
| His marvellous deeds. | |
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| He is master of all He created, | 25 |
| Sublime in His circle of light; | |
| His strength with His glory is mated, | |
| His greatness at one with His might. | |
| So that Seraphim over Him winging, | |
| Obeying an angel that leads, | 30 |
| Unite in the rapture of singing | |
| His marvellous deeds. | |
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| His renown fills the heavenly spaces: | |
| The world He beholds to its ends: | |
| His foes, who are mine, too, He chases; | 35 |
| I count all who love Him my friends. | |
| Exalted be therefore His glory, | |
| His praises be scattered as seeds, | |
| Till all the world learns the great story, | |
| His marvellous deeds. | 40 |
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| But of man—ah! the tale is another, | |
| His counsels are evil and vain: | |
| He dwells with deceit as a brother, | |
| And the worm is the close of his reign. | |
| Into earth he is carted and shovelled, | 45 |
| And who shall recount or who heeds, | |
| When above earth he strutted or grovelled, | |
| His marvellous deeds? | |
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| Not so God!—earth on nothing He founded, | |
| And on emptiness stretched out the sky; | 50 |
| With land the great waters He bounded, | |
| And bade all their breeds multiply. | |
| In light He is clad as a raiment: | |
| His greatness no eulogy needs; | |
| Yet exalt, ’tis your only repayment, | 55 |
| His marvellous deeds. | |
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