- C Soprano Recorder
- F Alto Recorder
- C Tenor Recorder
- F Bass Recorder
- Verse 1
- Lord, thro’ all the generations
- Of the children of our race,
- In our fears and tribulations,
- Thou hast been our dwelling-place.
- Ere the vast and wide creation
- By Thy word was cased to be,
- Or the mountains held their station,
- Thou art God eternally.
- Verse 2
- Each succeeding generation
- At Thy mighty word appears;
- Thou dost count in time’s duration
- One day as a thousand years.
- Death, with swift and sudden warning,
- Calls us from life’s dream away,
- Like the grass, green in the morning,
- Withered ere the close of day.
- Verse 3
- In Thy wrath our spirits languish,
- Sinful ’neath Thy searching eye;
- All our days are passed in anguish,
- In Thy wrath we pine and die.
- Threescore years and ten we tarry,
- Fourscore years the strong may stay,
- Long the load of grief to carry,
- Till at last we fly away.
- Verse 4
- Who can weigh Thy just displeasure,
- Who can fear Thee as he ought?
- Teach us now our days to measure
- And to wisdom turn our thought.
- Lord, return, regard our sadness;
- With Thy servants now abide;
- Fill our days with joy and gladness,
- With Thy mercy satisfied.
- Verse 5
- Long the clouds of evil lower;
- Bless us now with gladsome days;
- Let Thy servants see Thy power,
- Let their children learn Thy praise.
- On us let the grace and beauty
- Of the Lord our God remain,
- Strengthen us for noble duty
- That our work be not in vain.
- April 30 entry for the 2022 Weekly Hymns Challenge.
- Armstrong composed by Henry Brinley Richards (1817-1885).
- Lyrics adapted from Psalm XC
- Hymn #166 in The Psalter Hymnal