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