 | Hymns - 1772 - 320 pages
...Thy word commands our flefh to duft, " Return ye fonsof men," All nations rofe from earth atfirft, And turn to earth again. 5 A thoufand ages in thy fight, Are like an ev'ning gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night, Before the rifing fun. 6 Our God, our help in... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Bible - 1801 - 608 pages
...PSALM 90. From everlafting thou art God, To endlefs years the fame. 4 Thy word commands our flefli to duft, " Return, ye fons of men :" All nations rofe...thoufand ages, in thy fight, Are like an evening gone ; j Short as the watch that ends the night, Before the rifing fun. . , 6 [The bufy tribes of flefli... | |
 | Jeremy Belknap - Bible - 1801 - 558 pages
...duft, "Return, ye fons of men ;" AH nations rofe from earth at firft, . And turn to earth again. 3 A thoufand ages in thy fight, Are like an evening...Short as the watch that ends the night, Before the riiuig fun. <j Time, like an ever-running ftream, Bears all its fons away ; They fly forgotten, as... | |
 | Jeremy Belknap - Bible - 1801 - 510 pages
...duft, " Return, ye fons of men ;" All nations rofe from earth at firft, And turn to earth aijain. o 3 A thoufand ages in thy fight, Are like an evening...gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night. Before .die rifing fun. '$ Time, like an ever-running ftream, Bears all its fons away •, They fly forgotten,... | |
 | Jeremy Belknap - Bible - 1801 - 518 pages
...duft, " Return, ye fons of men ;" All nations rofe from earth at firft, And turn to earth again. 3 A thoufand ages in thy fight, Are like an evening gone ; Short as the watch thac ends the night, Before the rifing fun. {} Time, like an ever-running ftream, Bears all its fons... | |
 | John Wesley - Hymns, English - 1804 - 522 pages
...order flood, Or earth receiv'd her frame. From everlafting thou art God, To endlefs years the fame. 4 A thoufand ages in thy fight Are like an evening gone ; Short as the watch that ends fhe nighf, , Before the riling fun. 5 The bufy tribes of flefh and blood, With all their cares and... | |
 | Thomas Jones (chaplain to the earl of Peterborough) - 1812 - 486 pages
...receiv'd its frame, From everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone, Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. The busy tribes of flesh and blood, With all their cares and fears, Are carry'd downward... | |
 | Jeremy Belknap - Bible - 1812 - 530 pages
...men ;" All nations rose from earth at first, And turn to earth again. 3 A thousand ages in thy sight, Are like an evening gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun. 4 Time, like an ever-running stream, Bears all its sons away ; They fly, forgotten, as... | |
 | John Wesley, Charles Wesley - Hymns, English - 1816 - 602 pages
...her frame, From everlasting thou art God, To endless, years the same. 4 A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun. 3 The husy trihes of flesh and hlood, With all their cares and fears, Are carried downward... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - Hymns, English - 1817 - 610 pages
...her frame, From everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. 4 A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone; . Short as the watch that ends the night* Before the rising sun. ^5 The husy trihes of. flesh and hlood, With all their cares and fears, Are carried downward... | |
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A thousand ages in thy sight are like an evening gone, short as the watch that ends the night before the rising sun. 
