Tune: Penuel
(\'Come, O thou traveller unknown\')
Psalm 102 v.11-17 and v.25-28
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My days are like passing shadow
Are short and brief, true this I know
The shadow declines, I am withered
Like grass, its glory sometime flowered
But you, O Lord, you shall endure e\'er
Your remembrance forgotten ne\'er
You shall arise, Zion pity
\'Tis the time to favour her, see
The set time come, Lord, you will act
Will fulfil your covenant pact
For your servants do take delight
In Zion\'s dust, her stones be bright
So shall the heathen your name fear
All peoples shall to you draw neat
When the Lord shall Zion upbuild
His glory then shall be revealed
He will regard prayer of the poor
They destitute, despair no more
Of old the Lord lad foundations
Of the earth, yes, of all nations
The heavens be work of His hands
And creation of all the lands
They shall perish, but you endure
Shall live and reign for evermore
The heavens and earth shall wax old
This be their state, it shall be told
That you shall fold them as garment
Shall change our clothes, our earthly tent
And so they shall be changed for you
Shall come, make all things again new
But you, Lord, are the same, no end
Of your years, to decay not tend
The children of your servants, they
Shall continue sure in your way
Their descendants be established
Content, your will they desired, wished