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{
"title": "Our God our Help in ages past (tune 2)",
"author": "",
"tune": "Lafayette",
"number": "26",
"lyrics": "Our God, our help in ages past,\n\nOur hope for years to come,\n\nOur shelter from the stormy blast,\n\nAnd our eternal home.\n\n\nUnder the shadow of thy throne\n\nThy saints have dwelt secure;\n\nSufficient is thine arm alone,\n\nAnd our defense is sure.\n\n\nBefore the hills in order stood,\n\nOr earth received her frame,\n\nFrom everlasting thou art God,\n\nTo endless years the same.\n\n\nA thousand ages in thy sight\n\nAre like an evening gone;\n\nShort as the watch that ends the night\n\nBefore the rising sun.\n\n\nThe busy tribes of flesh and blood,\n\nWith all their lives and cares,\n\nAre carried downward by thy flood,\n\nAnd lost in following years.\n\n\nTime, like an ever-rolling stream,\n\nBears all its sons away;\n\nThey fly forgotten, as a dream\n\nDies at the opening day.\n\n\nOur God, our help in ages past,\n\nOur hope for years to come,\n\nBe thou our guard while troubles last,\n\nAnd our eternal home.",
"first_line": "Our God, our help in ages past,"
}