Our God, Our Help in Ages Past

Oh God, Our Help in Ages Past
Isaac Watts in 1705
GenreHymn
Written1708
TextIsaac Watts
Based onPsalm 90
Meter8.6.8.6 (C.M.)
Melody"St. Anne" by William Croft

"Our God, Our Help in Ages Past" (or "O God, Our Help in Ages Past") is a hymn by Isaac Watts in 1708 that paraphrases the 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)