Sol 5.6

  1. My God, the Wondrous, whose like cannot possibly exist

    in essence or attributes, or in creative power.

  2. My God, the Wondrous Creator—all Your handiwork is

    marvels no craft has ever anticipated.

  3. My God, the Wondrous, You originated all beings

    and sought no assistance in bringing them into being.

  4. My God, the wonders You have brought forth

    bear witness to creation in every atom,

  5. bear witness to creation without any partner,

    bear witness to a primordial act of creation in oneness.

  6. My God, You originated created things as marvels,

    so that the necessary truth of absolute Oneness might appear therein.

  7. Originator of heaven and earth, You fashioned my world

    as You willed, through all its human phases,

  8. and inspired in me feeling and perception—a wisdom

    by which I govern my nature at the very center of helplessness.

  9. That comes not from my own might, nor lies within my power’s grasp;

    it is, rather, the creative wonder of divine might.

  10. Now they have encompassed me, while You encompass them:

    wondrous afflictions that have risen beyond my power.

  11. My every stratagem falls short of turning them away;

    so devise my deliverance wondrously, O wondrous Maker of marvels.

Sol 5.6