1 

O Lord, Thou art the Alpha

   And the Omega too;

Thou art the First, before all,

   And art the Last so true.

Thou art the sole Beginning,

   The only End of all;

In Thee all is included,

   Creations great and small.

 2 

Lord, since Thou art the Alpha,

   All things commenced of Thee;

And as the sole Omega,

   All things will end in Thee;

As God's full Alphabet, Lord,

   All is of Thee composed;

Since Thou art all the letters,

   All is in Thee enclosed.

 3 

As First of all the creatures,

   Thou art the Head of all;

As Last in God's creation,

   Thou art the close of all.

As First of all the creatures,

   All things by Thee consist;

As Last in God's creation,

   All things for Thee subsist.

 4 

Since Thou art the Beginning,

   Thou hast preceded all;

And since Thou art the Ending,

   Thou wilt inherit all.

Thou, the unique Beginning,

   Didst all originate;

Thou, as the only Ending,

   Wilt all things terminate.

 5 

O Lord, how we adore Thee

   And treasure Thee with love;

As Alpha and Omega,

   Thou art all things above.

We praise Thee, the Beginning,

   The very First we call;

We worship Thee, the Ending,

   The only Last of all.