O God, Our Help in Ages Past
O God, Our Help in Ages Past
O God, Our Help in Ages Past
tune: ST ANNE
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1. O God, our help in a ges past, Our hope for years to come,
2. Un der the sha dow of thy throne, Thy saints have dwelt se cure;
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Our shel ter from the stor my blast, And our e ter nal home.
3. 5.
Before the hills in order stood, Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
Or earth received her frame, Bears all its sons away;
From everlasting thou art God, They fly forgotten, as a dream
To endless years the same. Dies at the opening day.
4. 6.
A thousand ages, in thy sight, O God, our help in ages past,
Are like an evening gone; Our hope for years to come;
Short as the watch that ends the night, Be thou our guard while troubles last,
Before the rising sun. And our eternal home.