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Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917.

By Gabriel Romanovitch Derzhavin (Trans. Sir John Bowring)

O Thou Eternal One!

O THOU Eternal One! whose presence bright

All space doth occupy, all motion guide:

Unchanged through time’s all-devastating flight;

Thou only God! There is no God beside!

Being above all beings! mighty One!

Whom none can comprehend and none explore;

Who fill’st existence with Thyself alone:

Embracing all, supporting, ruling o’er,—

Being whom we call God, and know no more!