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