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How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord

K. (in Rippon's Selection)

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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 to Jesus*  for refuge have fled.                   * or You, who unto Jesus

2 In every condition, in sickness, in health,
  In poverty's vale, or abounding in wealth;
  At home and abroad, on the land, on the sea.
  As thy days may demand, shall thy strength ever be.

3 "Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismay'd,
  For I* am thy God, and will still give thee aid;               * or I, I or I
  I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand,
  Upheld by my righteous omnipotent hand.

4 "When thro' the deep waters I call thee to go,
  The rivers of sorrow shall not overflow;*                      * or 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.

5 "When thro' fiery trials thy path-way 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.

6 "E[v]en down to old age, all my people shall prove
  My sovereign, eternal, unchangeable love;
  And when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn,
  Like lambs they shall still in my bosom be born.

7 "The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose,
  I will not, I will not desert to his foes;
  That soul, though all hell should endeavour to shake,
  I'll never — no never — no never forsake."
    

Tune:

FOUNDATION (For nearly a century, now, the dominant tune in the United States for this hymn; also known as PROTECTION, CALLAO, HUGER, and BELLEVUE)

MONTGOMERY (Probably the tune first used when the was published in 1787; still the leading tune for it in England)

ADESTE FIDELES, or PORTUGUESE HYMN (The dominant tune for this hymn in the United States prior to World War II, at least in mainstream denominational hymnals)

ST. DENIO (At least until recently, the dominant tune in Canada)

AFFECTION (also known as FIDELITY and BOUNDLESS SALVATION, and MY JESUS I LOVE THEE (English))

FIRM FOUNDATION (Hopkins)

SINCERITY (in the 1854 edition of the Southern Harmony)

LYONS