Ere God had built the mountains,
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.
When, like a tent to dwell in,
God 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.
And couldst Thou be delighted
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!”