How Firm a Foundation

Verse 1
How firm a foun­da­tion, ye saints of the Lord, (Matt. 7:24-27, I Cor. 3:11, II Tim. 2:19)
Is laid for your faith in His ex­cel­lent Word!
What more can He say than to you He hath said,
You, who un­to Je­sus for re­fuge have fled? (Heb. 6:17-18)

Verse 2
In ev­ery con­di­tion, in sick­ness, in health;
In po­ver­ty’s vale, or ab­ound­ing in wealth; (Phil. 4:11-12)
At home and abroad, on the land, on the sea,
As thy days may de­mand, shall thy strength ev­er be. (Deut. 33:25)

Verse 3
Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dis­mayed, (Isa. 41:10, Isa. 43:5, Deut. 31:8)
For I am thy God and will still give thee aid; (Isa. 41:10)
I’ll strength­en and help thee, and cause thee to stand (Isa. 41:10)
Upheld by My right­eous, om­ni­po­tent hand. (Isa. 41:10, Isa. 41:13)

Verse 4
When through the deep wa­ters I call thee to go, (Isa. 43:2)
The riv­ers of woe shall not thee ov­er­flow; (Isa. 43:2)
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, (Isa. 43:2)
My grace, all suf­fi­cient, shall be thy sup­ply; (II Cor. 12:9)
The flame shall not hurt thee; I on­ly de­sign
Thy dross to con­sume, and thy gold to re­fine. (Isa. 1:25, Isa. 48:10, Zech. 13:9, Mal. 3:2-3, I Pet. 1:7)

Verse 6
Even down to old age all My peo­ple shall prove
My sov­er­eign, eter­nal, un­change­able love; (Isa. 46:3-4)
And when hoa­ry hairs shall their tem­ples adorn,
Like lambs they shall still in My bo­som be borne. (Isa. 40:11, Ps. 23:1-4)

Verse 7
The soul that on Je­sus has leaned for re­pose,
I will not, I will not de­sert to its foes;
That soul, though all hell should en­dea­vor to shake,
I’ll nev­er, no nev­er, no nev­er for­sake. (Heb. 13:5, Deut. 31:6, Josh. 1:5, I Chron. 28:20)