How Firm a Foundation (Richard Keen)

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

You, who unto Jesus for refuge have fled?

Fear not, He is with thee, O be not dismayed

For He is thy God and will still give thee aid

He’ll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand

Upheld by His righteous, omnipotent hand

When through the deep waters He calls thee to go

The rivers of grief shall not thee overflow

For He will be with thee, in troubles to bless

And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress

When through fiery trials thy pathways shall lie

His grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply

The flame shall not hurt thee, His only design

Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine

The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose

He will not, He cannot desert to its foes

That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake

He never will leave, He will never forsake