first six verses of the ninetieth psalm versified, the
o thou, the first, the greatest friend
of all the human race!
whose strong right hand has ever been
their stay and dwelling place!
before the mountains heav'd their heads
beneath thy forming hand,
before this ponderous globe itself
arose at thymand;
that pow'r which rais'd and still upholds
this universal frame,
from countless, unbeginning time
was ever still the same.
those mighty periods of years
which seem to us so vast,