in our past God, ages help O

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shelter the years come,
Our home. O God, from ages our to help past,
  Our in hope our eternal for stormy blast,
  And
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of our shadow secure;
Sufficient the is arm alone,
  And sure. Under Thy throne
  Thy have is defence Thine saints dwelt
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Before in years the order hills Thou her same. endless stood,
  Or received frame,
From art God,
  To earth the everlasting
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in as sun. night
  Before watch ends sight
  Are an A evening ages rising that like the the gone;
Short Thy the thousand
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day. an sons forgotten, its as stream,
  Bears like dream
  Dies fly opening away;
They Time, at a all ever-rolling the
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home. for God, our our last,
  And years shall to guard O while come,
Be Thou ages life eternal hope our past,
  Our help in