{"slug": "our-god-our-help-in-ages-past", "title": "Our God, Our Help in Ages Past", "first_line": "Our God, our help in ages past", "author": "isaac-watts", "author_date": "1719", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 90, "topics": ["Trust", "God, Eternity of"], "scripture": ["Psalm 90:1", "Hebrews 1:1-2"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "watts-psalms-1719", "source_kind": "gutenberg", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Isaac Watts, The Psalms of David Imitated, 1719 (Psalm 90). Author d. 1748.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "our_god_our_help_in_ages_past_watts", "total_instances": 1325}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Our God, our help in ag -- es past, Our hope for years to come, Our shel -- ter from the storm -- y blast, And our e -- ter -- nal home.", "prose": ["Our God, our help in ages past,", "Our hope for years to come,", "Our shelter from the stormy blast,", "And our eternal home."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Un -- der the shad -- ow of Thy throne Thy saints have dwelt se -- cure; Suf -- fi -- cient is Thine arm a -- lone, And our de -- fense is sure.", "prose": ["Under the shadow of Thy throne", "Thy saints have dwelt secure;", "Sufficient is Thine arm alone,", "And our defense is sure."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Be -- fore the hills in or -- der stood, Or earth re -- ceived her frame, From ev -- er -- last -- ing Thou art God, To end -- less years the same.", "prose": ["Before the hills in order stood,", "Or earth received her frame,", "From everlasting Thou art God,", "To endless years the same."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Thy Word com -- mands our flesh to dust, \u201cRe -- turn, ye sons of men:\u201d All na -- tions rose from earth at first, And turn to earth a -- gain.", "prose": ["Thy Word commands our flesh to dust,", "\u201cReturn, ye sons of men:\u201d", "All nations rose from earth at first,", "And turn to earth again."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "A thou -- sand ag -- es in Thy sight Are like an eve -- ning gone; Short as the watch that ends the night Be -- fore the ris -- ing sun.", "prose": ["A thousand ages in Thy sight", "Are like an evening gone;", "Short as the watch that ends the night", "Before the rising sun."]}, "6": {"prose": ["The busy tribes of flesh and blood,", "With all their lives and cares,", "Are carried downwards by the flood,", "And lost in following years."]}, "7": {"prose": ["Time, like an ever rolling stream,", "Bears all its sons away;", "They fly, forgotten, as a dream", "Dies at the opening day."]}, "8": {"prose": ["Like flowery fields the nations stand", "Pleased with the morning light;", "The flowers beneath the mower\u2019s hand", "Lie withering ere \u2019tis night."]}, "9": {"prose": ["Our God, our help in ages past,", "Our hope for years to come,", "Be Thou our guard while troubles last,", "And our eternal home."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}