past help O God, in our ages

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