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4. Ere God Had Built the Mountains | 7,6. |
| by Cowper |
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| 1 | Ere God had built the mountains, | Proverbs 8:25; Proverbs 8:24; Proverbs 8:28; Proverbs 8:23; Exodus 3:14; Proverbs 8:30; Proverbs 8:1 |
| Or raised the fruitful hills; |
| Before He filled the fountains |
| That feed the running rills; |
| In Thee, from everlasting, |
| The wonderful I AM |
| Found pleasures never wasting, |
| And Wisdom is Thy name. |
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| 2 | When like a tent to dwell in, | Proverbs 8:27; Proverbs 8:29; Isaiah 40:12; Proverbs 8:30; Proverbs 8:31 |
| He spread the skies abroad, |
| And swathed about the swelling |
| Of ocean's mighty flood, |
| He wrought by weight and measure; |
| And Thou wast with Him then: |
| Thyself the Father's pleasure, |
| And Thine, the sons of men. |
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| 3 | And couldst Thou be delighted | Psalm 149:4 |
| With creatures such as we, |
| Who, when we saw Thee, slighted |
| And nailed Thee to a tree? |
| Unfathomable wonder! |
| And mystery divine! |
| The voice that speaks in thunder |
| Says, "Sinner, I am thine!" |
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