- O God our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come
Our shelter from the stormy blast
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.
- Before the hills in order stood
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting thou art God
To endless years to come.
- A thousand ages in thy sight
Are like an evening gone,
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.
- Time, like an over-rolling stream,
Bears all its sons away,
They fly forgotten, as a dream,
Dies at the opening day.
- O God our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Be thou our guard while trouble last,
And our eternal home.