O GOD, OUR HELP IN AGES PAST
Key A Major (Based on Psalm 90)
Words by Isaac Watts, 1674 – 1748 Tune Writer – Anon
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O God, our help in a – ges past, Our hope for years
Be- neath the sha- dow of Thy throne, Thy saints have dwelt
A thousand a – ges in Thy sight Are like an eve-
Time, like an ev- er rol- ling stream, Bears all its sons
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to come, Our shel- ter from the stor- my blast, And our
se- cure; Suf- fi- cient is Thine arm a- lone, And our
ning gone; Short as the watch that ends the night Be- fore
a– way; They fly for- got- ten, as a dream Dies at
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e- ter- nal home.
de- fence is sure.
the ri- sing sun.
the o – pening day.
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¾ CHORUS Allegro with spirit.
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Before the hills in or- der stood, before the hills in or- der
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stood, Or earth re- ceive her frame, or earth re-ceive her frame; Or
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stood, Or earth, Or earth receive her frame, or earth receive her
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earth re- ceive, re- ceive her frame; Thou
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frame, or earth re- ceive her frame; From ev- - - ver- las- ting Thou
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ff
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art God, From ev- - ver- las- ting Thou art God, To
:s s :- : : : : : f :- :f m :- :s
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t, .,d :r :r d :- :s, s, .,se, :t, :se, l, :- :l, l, :- :l, t, :- :t,
endless years the same, to endless years the same. From ev- ver- las- ting
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ff
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Thou art God, From end- - less years the same.
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