Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: O God our help in ages past
Topic: Providence
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
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Hymn Number: Song 21
Page Number: 147, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO GOD! our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home!
Beneath the shadow of thy throne
Thy saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is thy arm alone,
And our defence is sure.
Before the hills in order stood,
Or earth receiv'd her frame,
From everlasting thou art God,
To endless years the same.
A thousand ages in thy sight
Are like an ev'ning gone;
Short as the watch that ends the night,
Before the rising sun.
The busy tribes of flesh and blood,
With all their cares and fears,
Are carried downward with the flood,
And lost in foll'wing years.
Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
Bears all its sons away;
They fly forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the op'ning day.
O God! our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come!
Be thou our guard while life shall last,
And our eternal home!