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Text:Our God, our help in ages past
Author:Isaac Watts 1674-1748
Tune:ST ANNE
Composer:William Croft 1678-1727

260. Our 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 Beneath the shadow of your throne
your saints have lived secure;
sufficient is your arm alone,
and our defence is sure.

3 Before the hills in order stood,
or earth received her 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,
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.

Text Information
First Line: Our God, our help in ages past
Author: Isaac Watts 1674-1748
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Topic: The Father: His Providence; National; New Year
Tune Information
Name: ST ANNE
Composer: William Croft 1678-1727
Meter: CM
Key: C Major



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