Lord, You Have Been Our Dwelling Place

Verse 1

Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place through all the ages of our race; before the mountains had their birth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth, from everlasting thou art God, to everlasting our abode.

Verse 2

O teach thou us to count our days, and set our hearts on wisdom’s ways; turn, Lord, to us in our distress in pity now thy servants bless; let mercy’s dawn dispel our night, and all our day with joy be bright.

Verse 3

O send the day of joy and light, for long has been our sorrow’s night; afflicted through the weary years, we wait until thy help appears; from age to age with us abide; in us let God be glorified.

Verse 4

So let there be on us bestowed the beauty of the Lord our God; the work accomplished by our hand establish thou, and make it stand; yea, let our hopeful labor be established evermore by thee.