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Our God, Our Help in Ages Past
Christian hymn by Isaac Watts
"Our God, Our Help in Ages Past" (or "O God, Our Help in Ages Past") is a hymn by Isaac Watts in 1708 that paraphrasesthe 90th Psalm of the Book of Psalms.
It originally consisted of nine stanzas; however, in present usage the fourth, sixth, and eighth stanzas are commonly omitted to leave a total of six (Methodist hymn books also include the original sixth stanza to leave a total of seven)
History
[edit]The hymn was originally part of The Psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, published by Watts in 1719.
In this book he paraphrased in Christian verse the entire psalter with the exception of twelve Psalms which he felt were unsuited for Christian usage. In 1738, John Wesley in his hymnal, A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, changed the first line of the text from "Our God" to "O God".
Both Watts' original text and Wesley's rewording remain in current use.
The hymn is often sung as part of the Remembrance Day service in Canada and on similar occasions in the United Kingdom, includi
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