How Firm A Foundation

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;

To you, who for refuge to Jesus have fled?

Fear not, I am with thee, oh be not dismayed

For I am thy God, and will still give thee aid.

I strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand,

Upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand.

When through fiery trials thy pathway 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.

The soul that on Jesus hath 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.