Community of Christ Sings ‎#16

16. O God, Our Help in Ages Past

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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

• 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:
  Psalm 27:14
  ;
  James 5:7-8
• Topic: Assurance; Dependability; Eternal Life; God: Eternal; God's Faithfulness; God's Presence; Refuge
• Source: Scripture text

Tune Information

• 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)