O God, our help in ages past

Our hope for years to come

Our shelter from the stormy

blast

And our eternal home

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Under the shadow of Thy

throne

Thy saints have dwelt secure

Sufficient is Thine arm alone

And our defence is sure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Before the hills in order stood

Or earth received her frame

From everlasting Thou art God

To endless years the same

 

 

 

 

 

 

4, A thousand ages in Thy sight

Are like an evening gone

Short as the watch that ends

the night

Before the rising sun

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time, like in ever-rolling

stream

Bears all its Sons away

They fly forgotten, as a dream

Dies at the opening day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

O God, our help in ages past

Our hope for years to come

Be Thou our guard while

troubles last

And our Eternal home.