Voices Together ‎#203

203. O God, 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 your throne
your saints have dwelt secure.
Sufficient is your arm alone,
and our defense is sure.

3 Before the hills in order stood,
or earth received its frame,
from everlasting you are God,
to endless years the same.

4 A thousand ages in your sight
are like an evening gone,
short as the watch that ends the night
before the rising sun.

5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
soon bears us all away.
We fly forgotten, as a dream
dies at the op’ning day.

6 O God, our help in ages past,
our hope for years to come,
still be our guard while troubles last,
and our eternal home.

Text Information

• First Line: O God, our help in ages past
• Title: O God, Our Help in Ages Past
• Author: Isaac Watts
• Meter: CM
• Publication Date: 2020
• Scripture:
  Job 14:1-2
  ;
  Psalm 46:1-4
  ;
  Psalm 90:1-8
  ;
  Revelation 8:3
• Topic: Anniversaries; Confessing Faith; Death and Eternal Life; Funeral / Memorial Service; God: Faithfulness of; God: Power of; New Year; Psalms; Time
• Source: based on Psalm 90:1-8; The Psalms of David [. . .], alt.

Tune Information

• Name: ST. ANNE
• Composer (attributed): William Croft
• Meter: CM
• Key: C Major
• Source: Supplement to the New Version of the Psalms by Dr. Brady and Mr. Tate, 6th ed., 1708