...blood, With all their lives and cares, Are carried downwards by the flood, And lost in following years. A thousand ages in thy sight, Are like an evening...the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. So teach us to compute our days, And so our hearts apply, That safely we, through wisdom's ways, May...

...Thy saints have dwelt secure ; — mf Sufficient is thine arm alone, And our defence is sure ! — 3 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons...away ; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at the op'ning day. aff 4 Our God, pur help in ages past, Our hope in years to come, Be Thou our guard, while...

...everlasting Thou art God, To endless years the same. 3. A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an ev'ning gone : Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. 4. O God! our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Be Thou our guard while life shall last,...

...alone, And our defence is sure. 3 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received its frame, From everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same....watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun. 5 The busy tribes of flesh and blood, 6 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away: They...

...defence is sure. 3 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth reeeiv'd her frame, From everlasting them art God, To endless years the same. 4 A thousand ages...watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun. 5 The busy tribes of flesh and blood, With all their cares and fears, Are carried downward by the flood,...

...to dust, Return, ye sotis of men; All nations rose from earth at first, And turn to earth again. 5 A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone;...watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun. 6 [The busy tribes of flesh and blood, With all their lives and cares, Are carried downwards by thy...

...dust, ' Return, ye sons of men ;' All nations rose from earth at first, And turn to earth again.] 5 A thousand ages, in thy sight, Are like an evening...watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun. 6 [The busy tribes of flesh and blood, With all their lives and cares, Are carry'd downwards by the...

...dust — "Return, ye sons of men ;" All nations rose from earth at first, And turn to earth again. [5 A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone,...as the watch that ends the night Before the rising dawn.] cr.^6 O God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Be thou our guard while troubles...

...everlasting thou art God ; To endless years the same. A thousand ages, in thy sight, Are like an ev'ning gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. So teach us to compute our days, And so our hearts apply, That safely we, through wisdom's ways, May...

...order stood, Or earth received her frame, From everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. 3 A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone...watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun. 4 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away ; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies...