O past our ages help in God,

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