The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 ‎#68

68. Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Dwelling Place

1 Lord, Thou has been our dwelling place
In generations all,
Before Thou ever hadst brought forth
The mountains great or small;

2 Ere ever Thou hadst formed the earth,
And all the world abroad;
Ev'n Thou from everlasting art
To everlasting God.

3 A thousand years do yet appear
No more before Thy sight
Than yesterday when it is past,
Or than a watch by night.

4 As with an overflowing flood
Thou sweepest them away;
They are as sleep and as the grass
That grows at morn are they.

5 All our iniquities Thou dost
Before Thy presence place,
And set our secfet [sic] faults before
The brightness of Thy face.

6 For in Thine anger all our days
Pass onward to an end;
And as a tale that hath been told
So all our years we spend.

7 Three-score and ten years are the sum
Of all the days we see;
Or if by reason of more strength
In some four-score they be.

8 Who knows the power of Thy wrath?
According to Thy fear
So is Thy wrath; Lord, teach Thou us
Our end in mind to bear,

9 And so to count our days that we
Our hearts may still apply
To learn Thy wisdom and Thy truth,
That we may live thereby.

Text Information

• First Line: Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling place
• Title: Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Dwelling Place
• Meter: C.M. 8.6.8.6.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1972
• Scripture:
  Psalm 90
• Topic: Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; Psalms
• Source: Anonymous Psalter
• Notes: Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Ps. 90:1.

Tune Information

• Name: ST. PETER
• Composer: Alexander R. Reinagle, 1799-1877
• Meter: C.M. 8.6.8.6.
• Key: E♭ Major
• Notes: M.M. 72