Text: | Our God, Our Help in Ages Past |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Tune: | ST. ANNE |
Composer: | William Croft |
1 Our God, our Help in ages past,
Our Hope for years to come,
Our Shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal Home!
2 Under the shadow of Thy throne
Thy saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is Thine arm alone,
And our defense is sure.
3 Before the hills in order stood
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting Thou art God,
To endless years the same.
4 A thousand ages in Thy sight
Are like an evening gone,
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.
5 Thy word commands our flesh to dust:
"Return, ye son of men!"
All nations rose from earth at first
And turn to earth again.
6 Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
Bears all its sons away;
They fly forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day.
7 Like flowery fields the nations stand,
Pleased with the morning light;
The flowers beneath the mower's hand
Lie withering ere 'tis night.
8 O God, our Help in ages past,
Our Hope for years to come,
Be Thou our Guard while life shall last
And our eternal Home!
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Our God, our Help in ages past |
Title: | Our God, Our Help in Ages Past |
Author: | Isaac Watts (1719, ab.) |
Meter: | C.M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1941 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | The Church Year: New Year |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. ANNE |
Composer: | William Croft (1708) |
Meter: | C.M. |
Key: | C Major |