Great and holy is the LORD the holiest of the holy for all time.² Before Him goes a splendor;³ behind Him a surge of many waters.'

Loving kindness and Truth are round about His presence;⁵ Justice and Right are the mainstay of His throne;⁶ Who has parted light from darkness⁷ and, through His discerning wisdom,⁸ turned the glimmer of dawn into bright day.⁹ (When first all His angels saw it, they sang for joy,¹⁰ for what He was showing them was a thing they had known not erst);¹¹ Who crowns the hillsides with produce¹² choice food for all the living.

Blessed be He¹³ Who by His power made the earth, by His wisdom founded the world, by His understanding spread out the skies; Who (first) brought forth [the wind] out of His promptu[aries],¹⁴ made [lightning's for the ralin,¹⁵ and lifted the mist[s from the] hori[zon].¹⁶