O God, our help in ages past
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O God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home; Beneath the shadow of thy throne Thy saints have dwelt secure; Sufficient is thine arm alone, And our defence is sure. Before the hills in order steod, Or earth received her frame, From everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away; They fly forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day. O God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Be thou our guard while troubles last And our eternal home. |
Ut proavis refugium, spes posteris, Deus, diffractor nobis turbinum* aeternaque domus; tuo tegis sub solio tu tibi deditos valesque brachio tuo ut tueare nos. Dispostis nondum collibus telluris aut bathris ex infinito tu Deus nec es mutabilis. Ut pars diei saecula sunt mille coram te, ut ultima vigilia venturo iubare. Tempusque fluminis modo quos gignit abripit: pares fugantur somnio cum nocte quod perit. Ut proavis perfugium, spes posteris, Deus, tutela contra sis malum aeternaque domus. *flaminibus obstaculum |