our past in ages help O God,

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