O God, our help in ages past
[Modernised Version]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 Beneath the shadow of your throne
your people lived secure;
sufficient is your arm alone,
and our defence is sure.
3 Before the hills in order stood,
or earth from darkness came,
from everlasting you are God,
to endless years the same.
4 A thousand ages in your sight
are like an evening gone;
short is the watch that ends the night,
before the rising sun.
5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
will bear us all away;
we pass forgotten, as a dream
dies with the dawning day.
6 O God, our help in ages past,
our hope for years to come:
be our defence while life shall last,
and our eternal home!
Jubilate Hymns version of O God, our help in ages past Isaac Watts (1674 - 1748)
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