The Psalter ‎#245

245. The Lord Our Dwelling-Place

1 Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling place
Through all the ages of our race;
Before the mountains had their birth,
Or ever Thou hadst formed the earth,
From everlasting Thou art God,
To everlasting our abode.

2 At Thy command man fades and dies
And new-born generations rise;
A thousand years are passed away,
And all to Thee are but a day;
Yea, like the watches of the night,
With Thee the ages wing their flight.

3 Man soon yields up his fleeting breath
Before this swelling tide of death;
Like transient sleep his seasons pass,
His life is like the tender grass,
Luxuriant 'neath the morning sun,
And withered ere the day is done.

4 Man in Thy anger is consumed,
and unto grief and sorrow doomed;
Before Thy clear and searching sight
Our secret sins are brought to light;
Beneath Thy wrath we pine and die,
Our life expiring like a sigh.

5 For threescore years and ten we wait,
Or fourscore years if strength be great;
But grief and toil attend life's day,
And soon our spirits fly away;
O who with true and rev'rent though
Can fear Thy anger as he ought?

Text Information

• First Line: Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling-place
• Title: The Lord Our Dwelling-Place
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1912
• Scripture:
  Psalm 90
• Topic: Afflictions: For sin; Afflictions: From God; Anger of God: Deprecated; Anger of God: Fearful; Anger of God: Righteous; Bereavement; Death: At Hand; Death: Deprecated; God: Attributes of; God: Eternity of; God: Hearer of Prayer; God: Immutability of; God: Infinity of; Life: Brevity and Uncertainty of; Life: Sorrowful and Vain; Man: Mortal and Frail; Old Age; Sickness: From God

Tune Information

• Name: ST. CATHERINE
• Arranger: J. G. Walton
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: A♭ Major