Lyrics
Kirkham 1787
[Key: E]
Verse 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 has said,
You who unto Jesus
For refuge have fled?
Verse 2
In every condition,
In sickness, in health,
In poverty's vale,
Or abounding in wealth;
At home, or abroad,
On the land, on the sea,
"As your days may demand,
Shall your strength ever be."
[Deuteronomy 33:25]
Verse 3
"Fear not, I am with you;
O be not dismayed;
For I am your God,
And will still give you aid;
I'll strengthen you,
Help you, and cause you to stand,
Upheld by My righteous
Omnipotent hand."
[Isaiah 41:10]
Verse 4
"When through the deep
Waters I call you to go,
The rivers of woe
Shall not you overflow;
For I will be with you,
Your troubles to bless,
And sanctify to you
Your deepest distress."
[Isaiah 43:2, 2 Corinthians 12:9]
Verse 5
"When through fiery trials
Your pathway shall lie,
My grace all-sufficient
Shall be your supply;
The flame shall not hurt you;
I only design
Your dross to consume,
And your gold to refine."
[Isaiah 43:2, 2 Corinthians 12:9]
Verse 6
"Even down to old age,
All My people shall prove
My sovereign, eternal,
Unchangeable love;
And when graying hairs
Shall their temples adorn,
Like lambs they shall still
In my bosom be born."
[Isaiah 46:4]
Verse 7
"The soul that on Jesus
Has leaned for repose,
I will not, I will not
Desert to his foes;
That soul, though all hell
Should endeavor to shake,
I'll never, no never,
No never forsake."
[Hebrews 13:5]