Before the mountains were brought forth,\par\tab Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world,\par\tab Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
{\i Touching} the Almighty, we cannot find him out:\par\tab He is excellent in power;\par\tab And in justice and plenteous righteousness he will not afflict.
But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded!
Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways:\par\tab And how small a whisper do we hear of him!\par\tab But the thunder of his power who can understand?\par
{\b And as a mantle shalt thou roll them up,\par\tab As a garment, and they shall be changed:\par\tab But thou art the same,\par\tab And thy years shall not fail.}