Text: | Our God, Our Help in Ages Past |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Tune: | ST. ANNE (Croft) |
Attributed to: | William Croft, 1678-1727 |
1 Our 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 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 The busy tribes of flesh and blood,
with all their lives and cares,
are carried downward by your flood,
and lost in foll'wing years.
6 Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
bears all its sons away;
they fly forgotten, as a dream
dies at the op'ning day.
7 Our God, our help in ages past,
our hope for years to come:
O be our guard while troubles last,
and our eternal home.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Our God, our help in ages past |
Title: | Our God, Our Help in Ages Past |
Author: | Isaac Watts (1719; Alt. 1990, mod.) |
Meter: | C.M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1990 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Funerals; Reformation Day; God: His Eternity(5 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. ANNE (Croft) |
Attributed to: | William Croft, 1678-1727 |
Meter: | C.M. |
Key: | C Major |
Source: | Tate and Brady's Supplement to the New Version, 1708 |
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Audio recording: | Piano Harmony (auto-generated) |