Text: | Our God, Our Help in Ages Past |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Tune: | ST. ANNE |
Composer (attributed to): | William Croft, 1678-1727 |
1 Our 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 thy throne
thy saints have dwelt secure;
sufficient is thine arm alone,
and our defense is sure.
3 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.
5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
bears all our years away;
they fly forgotten, as a dream
dies at the opening day.
6 Our God, our help in ages past,
our hope for years to come,
Be thou our guard while troubles last,
and our eternal home.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Our God, our help in ages past |
Title: | Our God, Our Help in Ages Past |
Author: | Isaac Watts (1719, alt.) |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1985 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Church: Anniversaries and Dedications; God: Eternity and Power; Life, Brevity of(2 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. ANNE |
Composer (attributed to): | William Croft, 1678-1727 |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | C Major |
Notes: | Later form of tune; Alternative tune: OLD 107th, 165 |