How Firm a Foundation

Words and music by John Rippon's Selection · 1787

Key of G · 88 BPM · 2/2 · Assurance,Trust · Isaiah 41:10

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 hath said —
to you who for refuge to Jesus have fled?

Verse 2

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 demand, shall thy strength ever be.

Verse 3

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.

Verse 4

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.

Verse 5

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.

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