Text: | O God, Our Help in Ages Past |
Paraphraser: | Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 |
Tune: | ST. ANNE |
Composer (attributed to): | William Croft, 1678-1727 |
Composer (descant): | Donald D. Kettring, 1907-1981 |
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 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 Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
bears all of us 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,
be now our guard while life shall last,
and our eternal home!
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O God, our help in ages past |
Title: | O God, Our Help in Ages Past |
Paraphraser: | Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 (alt.) |
Meter: | 8.6.8.6. (C.M.) |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; |
Topic: | Assurance; Dependability; Eternal Life(4 more...) |
Source: | Scripture text |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. ANNE |
Composer (attributed to): | William Croft, 1678-1727 |
Composer (descant): | Donald D. Kettring, 1907-1981 |
Meter: | 8.6.8.6. (C.M.) |
Key: | C Major |
Source: | Supplement to the New Version, 1708 |
Copyright: | Desc. © 1941, ren 1969 Presbyterian Board of Christian Education (admin. Westminster John Knox Press) |