For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and consecrated place, even with the contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever You had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, You are the Mighty God.

Your throne is established from of old; You are from eternity.

I was anointed from eternity, from the beginning, before the earth.

And you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are insignificant among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come forth to Me the One to be Ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from the days of eternity.

Are You not from ancient times, Jehovah my God, my Holy One? We shall not die, Jehovah, for You have appointed them for judgment. And, my Rock, You have established them for correction.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

He was in the beginning with God.

Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Before Abraham came to be, I AM.

Now to the King eternal, incorruptible, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever.

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the Ending, says the Lord, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.

Your ox shall be slaughtered before your eyes, but you shall not eat of it; your donkey shall be violently taken away from before you, and shall not be restored to you; your sheep shall be given to your enemies, and you shall have no one to rescue them.

See now that I, even I, am He, and there is no God besides Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; nor is there any who can deliver out of My hand.

Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be no one to deliver.

And now I will uncover her lewdness in the eyes of her lovers, and no man shall deliver her out of My hand.

For I am to Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah; I, even I, tear and go away; I take away, and no one rescues.

declaring the end from the beginning, and from antiquity things which are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure;

If He takes away, who can repulse Him? Who can say to Him, What are You doing?

If He should set His heart on it, if He should gather to Himself His Spirit and His breath,

all flesh would perish together, and man would return to dust.

When He gives quietness, who then can condemn? And when He hides His face, who then can see Him? It might be against a nation or mankind altogether,

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Jehovah.

And all those living in the earth are counted as nothing. And He does according to His will in the army of Heaven, and among those living in the earth. And no one is able to restrain His hand or say to Him, What are You doing?

Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens.

You will say to me then, Why does He yet find fault? For who has resisted His will?

In Him also we have been assigned to an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,

For Jehovah of Hosts has purposed, and who shall annul it? And His hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?