in ages past God, O our help

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