1 Lord, Thou has been our dwelling place
In generations all,
Before Thou ever hadst brought forth
The mountains great or small;
2 Ere ever Thou hadst formed the earth,
And all the world abroad;
Ev'n Thou from everlasting art
To everlasting God.
3 A thousand years do yet appear
No more before Thy sight
Than yesterday when it is past,
Or than a watch by night.
4 As with an overflowing flood
Thou sweepest them away;
They are as sleep and as the grass
That grows at morn are they.
5 All our iniquities Thou dost
Before Thy presence place,
And set our secfet [sic] faults before
The brightness of Thy face.
6 For in Thine anger all our days
Pass onward to an end;
And as a tale that hath been told
So all our years we spend.
7 Three-score and ten years are the sum
Of all the days we see;
Or if by reason of more strength
In some four-score they be.
8 Who knows the power of Thy wrath?
According to Thy fear
So is Thy wrath; Lord, teach Thou us
Our end in mind to bear,
9 And so to count our days that we
Our hearts may still apply
To learn Thy wisdom and Thy truth,
That we may live thereby.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling place |
Title: | Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Dwelling Place |
Meter: | C.M. 8.6.8.6. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1972 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; Psalms |
Source: | Anonymous Psalter |
Notes: | Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Ps. 90:1. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. PETER |
Composer: | Alexander R. Reinagle, 1799-1877 |
Meter: | C.M. 8.6.8.6. |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Notes: | M.M. 72 |