Common Praise ‎#537

537. 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 thy throne
thy saints have dwelt secure;
sufficient is 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 evening gone,
short as the watch that ends the night
before the rising sun.

5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
bears all its sons away;
they fly forgotten, as a dream
dies at the opening day.

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

Text Information

• First Line: O God, our help in ages past
• Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2000
• Scripture:
  1 Chronicles 29:15
  ;
  Ecclesiastes 12:5
  ;
  Ezekiel 11:16
  ;
  Isaiah 25:4
  ;
  Jeremiah 14:9
  ;
  Job 14:1-2
  ;
  Proverbs 8:25
  ;
  Psalm 90:1-6
• Topic: New Year; Remembrance Sunday; Funerals, Commemoration, Remembrance and All Souls; National

Tune Information

• Name: ST ANNE
• Composer (attributed to): William Croft, 1678-1727
• Meter: CM
• Key: C Major
• Source: A Supplement to the New Version, 1708