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Text:Our Help in Ages Past
Author:Isaac Watts
Tune:DUNDEE

725. Our Help in Ages Past

1 O 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 in thine arm alone,
And our defence 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 ev'ning gone;
Short as the watch that ends the night,
Before the rising sun.

Text Information
First Line: O God our help in ages past
Title: Our Help in Ages Past
Author: Isaac Watts
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: God: God Our Helper
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: DUNDEE
Meter: C. M.
Key: F Major
Source: Andro Hart's Psalter
Notes: Public Domain.



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