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O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home.
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home.
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Under the shadow of Thy throne
Thy saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is Thine arm alone,
And our defence is sure.
Thy saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is Thine arm alone,
And our defence is sure.
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Before the hills in order stood,
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting Thou art God,
To endless years the same.
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting Thou art God,
To endless years the same.
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A thousand ages in Thy sight
Are like an evening gone;
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.
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 opening day.
Bears all its sons away;
They fly forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day.
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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.
Our hope for years to come,
Be Thou our guard while life shall last,
And our eternal home.
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Est Providence, RI, United States
I woke up with this hymn this morning, at 76 l sang it many times in my life and it is a heart warming to know surely God was, God is, and forever will be our hope. With intrusive of Cancer over 7yrs now The Great Almighty God has secured me l pray for Healing in completeness of His sweet spirit that smiles to my heart. l couldn't have been here without GOD. l hope to get up, stand tall and praise God without limitation.
I reflect on the man that Jesus healed by the well, he had waited there for 38 years that's Great Hope, Patience and determination. Until Jesus Healed him with HIS WORD. Not the well but Power in Jesus Name.
I claim the same not giving up no QUITING.
Just Trusting in obedience IN JESUS NAME. IN GODS WORDS AND TRUE PROMISES THAT I RELIE ON.
The storm will calm down.
Massachusetts, United States
Dear sister (anonymous from Miami), you are loved and dear to God and a sister in Massachusetts is praying for you. God understands you. He's your Help. He's your Hope.
Accra, Ghana
God is ALWAYS our help, and our hope… He will never let us down. May he meet us all at the point of our need… He always does…
Amen!
Liberal, KS, United States
As I was thinking about the current state of things in America today and what the solution might be this song came to mind.
God is God. He has always been God. He will always be God.
As God has helped people through the ages He is helping me (and us) today.
VS 3. Before the hills in order stood.
Or earth received her frame.
From everlasting thou art God
To endless years the same.
Miami, Florida, United States
My life may not be so out of the ordinary but it has not been a happy one molested at 10 years old by my father three times pregnant by him three abortions never fully accomplished anything, married twice both husbands passed away I prayed for life to end but I am still here and this hymn along with other have been my inspiration to carry on life is dark right now but I can say He is my hope sixty six years and never been able to express these things
Warri, Delta, Nigeria
One of my favourite hymns for over 35 years!
Aba, Enyimba Province, Nigeria
This hymns comforts me it makes me feel a prayer answered
Most atimes it will under my voice after praying and at that time all worries will disappeared
Thank you saivour
Newton Abbot, Devon, United Kingdom
Well said All. I hope your lives will be good, mine, at 87 is nearly finished, and an enemy, full of hate, is closing in on me, I repeat this hymn to myself, several times a day, to help fend off he who would wish me ill.
Pearland, Texas, United States
I just finished my Upper Room meditation for today, Easter Monday. It was entitled “Be not dismayed “. The main scripture was Psalm 121. I have memorized this Psalm, many , many years ago. I read it from NKJV. After the devotional I went back to the scripture. And asked the question it asks, from whence comes my help ? .. The response for me is always the psalmist reply, my help comes from the Lord. From there I just started singing this hymn, and of course needed a little assistance to not mix use the verses. So, I come to this wonderful website when my memory fails. God is our help now and forever, and is always there with us. Isaiah 41:10. God bless .
Trivandrum, Kerala, India
I remember my college days at meston college of education Chennai where this hymn was sung every day before we start our lessons , so soothing , relaxing and bringing near to our ever loving creator as we recite .