Such pity as a father hath unto his children dear; Like pity shews the Lord to such as worship him in fear.
But unto them that do him fear God's mercy never ends; And to their children's children still his righteousness extends:
But in all those that do him fear the Lord doth pleasure take; In those that to his mercy do by hope themselves betake.
For as the heaven in its height the earth surmounteth far; So great to those that do him fear his tender mercies are: