| 1 | Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting. | |
| 2 | This is a wonderful achievement without precedent in Chinese history. | |
| 3 | They are unchanging, that's the heavenly sphere. | |
| 4 | I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. | |
| 5 | Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old. |