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How Firm A Foundation
Verse 1
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How
firm
a foun
dation, ye
saints of the
Lord,
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Is
laid
for your
faith
in His
ex
cellent
word!
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What
more can He
say than to
you He hath
said,
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To
you
who for
re
fuge to
Je
sus hath
fled.
Verse 2
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"Fear
not,
I am
with thee, O
be not dis
mayed,
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For
I
am your
God,
and will
still
give thee
aid;
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I`ll
strengthen thee,
help thee and
cause thee to
stand,
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Up
held
by My
right
eous, om
ni
potent
hand."
Verse 3
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"When
through
the deep
waters I
call thee to
go,
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The
ri
vers of
sor
row shall
not
over
flow;
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For I
will be
with thee, thy
troubles to
bless,
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And
sanc
tify
to
thee thy
deep
est dis
tress."
Verse 4
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"When
through
fiery
trials thy
pathway shall
lie,
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My
grace,
all suf
fi
cient shall
be
thy sup
ply;
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The f
lame shall not
hurt thee; I
only de
sign
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Thy
dross
to con
sume,
and thy
gold
to re
fine."
Verse 5
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"The
soul
that on
Jesus hath
leaned for re
pose,
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I
will
not, I
will
not de
sert
to his
foes;
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That
soul, though all
hell should en
deavor to
shake,
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I`ll
ne
ver, no
ne
ver, no
ne
ver for
sake!"