How Firm a Foundation
Early American Melody

Verse 1:

    G                                   D
How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,

   G                          C  D       C/E  D/F#
Is laid for your faith in His ex-cellent Word!

     G    D/F#   Em  D       C           D
What more can He say than to you He hath said,

     G  D/F#    Em  D       C  D        G
To you  who for re- fuge to Je-sus 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 thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand,
Upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand.

Verse 3:

When through fiery trials thy pathway 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 4:

The soul that on Jesus hath 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!


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