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The United Methodist Hymnal · No. 529 · Words: Anonymous (attr. "K---", Rippon's Selection) · Tune: FOUNDATION
How Firm a Foundation
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →A beloved English hymn first published in 1787 in John Rippon's hymnal, author unknown. Its verses draw directly from Isaiah and other Scripture passages to assure believers of God's unfailing presence and strength through every trial.
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
“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 3
“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 4
“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.
Verse 5
“The soul that on Jesus
still leans 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.”
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