How Firm a Foundation
1
How firm a foundation,
ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith
in his excellent word!
What more can he say
than to you he hath said,
Who unto the Saviour
for refuge have fled?
Who unto the Saviour
for refuge have fled?
2
Fear not, I am with thee;
O be not dismayed;
For I am thy God,
and will still give thee aid;
I'll strengthen thee, help thee,
and cause thee to stand,
Upheld by my righteous,
omnipotent hand,
Upheld by my righteous,
omnipotent hand.
3
When through deep waters
I call thee to go,
The rivers of sorrow
shall not overflow;
For I will be with thee,
thy troubles to bless,
And sanctify to thee
thy deepest distress,
And sanctify to thee
thy deepest distress.
4
When through fiery trials
thy pathways shall lie,
My grace, all-sufficient,
shall be thy supply;
The flame shall not hurt thee;
I only design
Thy dross to consume,
and thy gold to refine,
Thy dross to consume,
and thy gold to refine.
5
The soul that on Jesus
doth lean for respose,
I will not, I will not
depart to his foes;
That soul, though all hell
should endeavor to shake,
I'll never, no never,
no never forsake,
I'll never, no never,
no never forsake.
