| Oh God, Our Help in Ages Past | |
|---|---|
 Isaac Watts in 1705 | |
| Genre | Hymn |
| Written | 1708 |
| Text | Isaac Watts |
| Based on | Psalm 90 |
| Meter | 8.6.8.6 (C.M.) |
| Melody | "St. Anne" by William Croft |
"Our 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 books also include the original sixth stanza to leave a total of seven). In 1738, John Wesley in his hymnal, 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.