The Voice of Praise ‎#902

902. O God! our help in ages past

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 Before the hills in order stood,
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting thou art God,
To endless years the same.

3 A thousand ages in thy sight
Are like an evening gone--
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.

4 Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
Bears all its sons away;
They fly, forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day.

5 O God! our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Be thou our guide while troubles last,
And our eternal home.

Text Information

• First Line: O God! our help in ages past
• Author: Watts
• Meter: C. M.
• Publication Date: 1873
• Scripture:
  Job 20:8
  ;
  Psalm 90
  ;
  Psalm 90:1-2
  ;
  James 4:14
• Topic: Time and Eternity; Man's Frailty and God's Power

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