O God, Our Help in Ages Past

Authors

Isaac Watts

Year

1719

Example Text

O God, our help in ages past...

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Scripture References

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• Genesis 1:2-10; 9:8-17; 17:1-7; 17:15-16
• 1 Samuel 12:23
• 2 Samuel 23:1-7
• 1 Chronicles 16:7-36; 29:15
• Job 14:1-2; 20:8
• Psalm 17:8; 19:1-5; 20:2; 27:9; 27:14; 33:20; 36:5-11; 38:14-15; 46; 48:3; 48:14; 79:9; 96:1-2; 96:4-6; 96:12; 99:1-5; 100:2; 102:27; 121:2; 124:8
• Psalms 89-93
• Proverbs 8:25
• Ecclesiastes 12:5
• Isaiah 25:1-9; 26:4; 40:28
• Jeremiah 14:9
• Lamentations 5:19
• Ezekiel 11:16
• Joel 3:16
• John 6:44
• Romans 8:18
• 1 Corinthians 7:29-31
• 2 Corinthians 4:16-18; 5:7-8
• 2 Thessalonians 3:3
• James 1:17; 4:14; 5:7-8
• 2 Peter 3:8-15
• Revelation 4:8; 8:3

Lyrics

1. Our 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 its sons away; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at the op’ning day. 6. Like flow’ry fields the nations stand, Pleased with the morning light; The flow’rs beneath the mower’s hand Lie with’ring ere ’tis night. 7. Our God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Be thou our guard while troubles last And our eternal home. Source:Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #332

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