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Text: | O God, Our Help in Ages Past |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Tune: | ST. ANNE |
Composer (attributed): | William Croft |
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 | |
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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: | ; ; ; |
Topic: | Anniversaries; Confessing Faith; Death and Eternal Life(6 more...) |
Source: | based on Psalm 90:1-8; The Psalms of David [. . .], alt. |
Tune Information | |
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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 |