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’ll strengthen thee,
help thee, and cause thee to stand,Upheld by My gracious, omnipotent hand.
“When through the deep waters I call thee to go,The rivers of sorrow shall
not overflow;For I will be with thee thy trouble to bless,And sanctify to thee
thy deepest distress.
“When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie,My
grace, all-sufficient, shall be thy supply;The flame shall not harm thee; I only
designThy dross to consume and thy gold to refine.
“The soul that on Jesus
doth lean 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.” -John Keith