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
You, who unto Jesus for refuge have fled?
Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed
For I am thy God and will still give thee aid
I'll strengthen and help thee, and cause thee to stand
Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand
When through the deep waters I call thee to go
The rivers of woe shall not thee overflow
For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress
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
Even down to old age all My people shall prove
My sovereign, eternal, unchangeable love
And when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn
Like lambs they shall still in My bosom be borne
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The soul that on Jesus has leaned for repose
I will not, I will not desert to its foes
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake
I'll never, no never, no never forsake
Alternate verse:
In every condition, in sickness, in health
In poverty's vale, or abounding in wealth
At home and abroad, on the land, on the sea
As thy days may demand, shall thy strength ever be
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