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VERSE 1
O God, our help, in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home.
VERSE 2
Beneath the shadow of Thy throne,
The Saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is Thine arm alone
And our defence is sure.
VERSE 3
Before the hills in order stood,
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting Thou art God,
To endless years the same.
VERSE 4
A thousand ages in Thy sight
Are like an evening gone;
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.
VERSE 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.
VERSE 6
Time like an ever rolling stream
Bears all its sons away,
They fly forgotten as a dream,
Dies at the op'ning day.
VERSE 7
O God, our help, in Ages past,
Our hope for years to come:
Be Thou our guard while troubles last,
And our eternal home.
