O God, Our Help In Ages Past
- Words:
- Isaac Watts
- Music:
- William B. Bradbury
Sheet music
- 1O God, our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come,Our shelter from the stormy blast,And our eternal home!And our eternal home!Beneath the shadow of Thy throne,Thy saints have dwelt secure;Sufficient is Thine arm alone,And our defense is sure,And our defense is sure.
- 2Before the hills in order stood,Or earth received her frame,From everlasting Thou art God,To endless years the same,To endless years the same.A thousand ages in Thy sightAre like an evening gone;Short as the watch that ends the nightBefore the rising sun,Before the rising sun.
- 3Time, like an ever-rolling stream,Bears all its sons away;They fly forgotten, as a dreamDies at the op’ning day,Dies at the op’ning day.O God, our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come,Be Thou our guard while life shall last,And our eternal home!And our eternal home!
In the hymnals
- Written in 1719, the words are in 1,349 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
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