Leader: You alone are the Creator of all things; / Your works cannot be like their Maker.

Cong: All lands cannot contain You, / nor can the heavens sustain You.

Leader: The living waters then whirled about / in fear of You, O living God.

Cong: The earth quaked and the waters took flight; / even the sky dropped water from above.

Leader: You alone spread out the heavens, / extended the earth above the waters.

Cong: You created all You desired alone; / You did not need a helpmate.

Leader: Provider, no one can provide for You; / all is from You, and from Your own hand.

Cong: Your strength and knowledge now is the same as it was then; / Your glory is always with You.

Leader: And You were never tired or weary, / for You did not toil in Your work.

Cong: For all creatures were formed by Your speech; / all You desired was made by Your word.

Leader: And You did not delay nor hasten a thing; / You created everything beautifully in its proper time.

Cong: Without anything You renewed all; / You formed everything without tools.

Leader: You established everything without foundations; / You suspended everything with the will of Your spirit.

Cong: Your arms carry the entire universe / from beginning to end; they never tire.

Leader: In Your eyes, nothing is too difficult; / anything You desire, Your spirit . does

Cong: You are unlike Your creation; / You cannot be compared to any kind of form.

Leader: No work preceded Yours; / Your wisdom arranged it all.

Cong: Nothing was before or after Your will; / nothing was added to or omitted from what You desired.

Leader: Of all You desired, You forgot nothing; / You did not omit a single thing.

Cong: You ; / You did not create anything useless. did not omit or exceed

Leader: You praised Your creations Yourself – who shall degrade them? / No inadequacy can be found among them.

Cong: You began to make them with wisdom; / You completed them with insight and knowledge.

Leader: They are completely formed from beginning to end, / created with befitting truth, uprightness and goodness.

Cong: You preceded Your handiwork / with great compassion and kindness.

Leader: For Your compassion and kindness / have always been upon Your servants.

Cong: And before You even created living beings, You created their sustenance; / before there was one who consumes, You provided nourishment.

Leader: You prepare food for all mouths; / You satisfy the needs of everything according to each being.

Cong: During the first three days of creation / You prepared all the needs of those who were to be created.

Leader: You then robed Yourself in light like a garment, / the splendor of the luminaries opposite Your garment.

Cong: You were very great before any creature existed; / and after creation You became greater still.

Leader: Before garments existed, He donned splendor and honor; / before weavers came to be, He donned majesty.

Cong: Like a robe or a cloak He dons light; / He spreads out the skies like a tent.

Leader: You created pathways for the luminaries, / and they move back and forth pleasantly.

Cong: You separated water from water / when You stretched out the firmament of the sky.

Leader: You created both nourishment and habitat for the swarming creatures of the water, / and birds that fly in the sky.

Cong: The earth became clothed herbage and grass; / nourishment for wild animals and cattle. with

Leader: You planted a garden in a lush corner / for the man You created.

Cong: You made for him a helpmate, / thus fulfilling all that he lacked.

Leader: You handed him domination over all Your creatures; / You placed him above all of them.

Cong: From them to offer up cattle and sheep / which were to be accepted by You on Your altar.

Leader: You made a cloak [of light] to serve You; / thereby granting him holy glory and majesty. for him

Cong: You placed the wisdom of God inside him, / for You created him for Yourself in the image of God.

Leader: You did not omit from the face of the earth any of man’s needs; / all were created with wisdom.

Cong: Your works have greatly increased and proliferated; / Your name, Lord, all shall praise.

Leader: Your works have greatly increased and proliferated; Lord, all Your creatures shall thank You.

Cong: You created everything for Your own sake; / all You formed was for Your glory.