Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home.
Thy saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is Thine arm alone,
And our defence is sure.
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting Thou art God,
To endless years the same.
Are like an evening gone;
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.
Bears all its sons away;
They fly forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day.
Our hope for years to come,
Be Thou our guard while life shall last,
And our eternal home.