מִֽי־פָעַ֣ל וְעָשָׂ֔ה קֹרֵ֥א הַדֹּר֖וֹת מֵרֹ֑אשׁ אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ רִאשׁ֔וֹן וְאֶת־אַחֲרֹנִ֖ים אֲנִי־הֽוּא׃
是誰行事並造成了這一切？是那從起初就召喚歷代的那一位。我，永恆者，是首先的；與末後的世代同在的，仍是我。
Machzor Yom Kippur Ashkenaz Linear
from the beginning,57Yeshaya 41:4. Hashem knows all future generations and calls each generation to come into being at its proper time in history.—Ibn Ezra, Metsudas Dovid