Hymns of the Christian Church.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.
Isaac Watts16741748
Hymns Based on PsalmsPsalm XC
O
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.
Return ye sons of men:”
All nations rose from earth at first
And turn to earth again.
Are like an evening gone,
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.
With all their lives and cares,
Are carried downward by thy flood,
And lost in following years.
Bears all its sons away:
They fly forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day.
Pleas’d with the morning light,
The flowers beneath the mower’s hand
Lie withering ere ’tis night.
Our hope for years to come,
Be thou our guard while troubles last,
And our eternal home.