HOW FIRM A FOUNDATION, YOU PEOPLE OF GOD

[1]
How firm a foundation, you people of God,
is laid for your faith in his excellent word;
what more can he say than to you he has said,
to all who for refuge to Jesus have fled?

[2]
Fear not, he is with you, O be not dismayed,
for he is your God, and will still give you aid:
he'll strengthen you, help you, and cause you to stand,
upheld by his righteous, omnipotent hand.

[3]
When through the deep waters he calls you to go,
the rivers of grief shall not you overflow;
the Lord will be with you in trouble to bless,
and sanctify to you your deepest distress.

[4]
When through fiery trials your pathway shall lie
his grace all-sufficient shall be your supply;
the flame shall not hurt you, his only design
your dross to consume and your gold to refine.

[5]
The soul that on Jesus still leans for repose
he will not,he cannot, desert to its foes;
that soul, though all hell should endeavour to shake,
he never will leave, he will never forsake.