How Firm A Foundation

[Introduction]
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[Verse 1]
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How firm a foundation, you saints of the Lord
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Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word
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What more can He say to you than He has said
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You, who unto Jesus for refuge have fled
 
[Verse 2]
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In every condition, in sickness, in health
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In poverty’s vale, or abounding in wealth
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At home and abroad, on the land, on the sea,
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As days may demand, shall your strength ever be
 
[Verse 3]
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Fear not, I am with you, O be not dismayed
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For I am your God and will still give you aid
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I’ll strengthen and help you, and cause you to stand
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Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand
 
[Verse 4]
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When through fiery trials your pathways shall lie,
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My grace, all sufficient, shall be your supply
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The flame shall not hurt you; my only design
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Your dross to consume, and your gold to refine
 
[Verse 5]
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The soul that on Jesus has leaned for repose
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I will not, I will not desert to its foes
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That soul, though all hell should endeavour to shake
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I’ll never, no never, no never forsake