How Firm A Foundation

Words: Unknown | Music: Early American Melody

Key - G | Tempo - 64 | Time - 2/2

VERSE 1
G C G/B G D
How firm a foun - da - tion ye saints of the Lord
G C G/B Em G/D D G
Is laid for your faith in His ex - cellent word
G Em C G D
What more can He say than to you He hath said
G C G/B Em G/D D G
To you who for ref - uge to Je - sus have fled

VERSE 2
G C G/B G D
Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dis - mayed
G C G/B Em G/D D G
For I am thy God, I will still give thee aid
G Em C G D
I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand
G C G/B Em G/D D G
Up - held by My gra - cious, om - nip - otent hand

VERSE 3
G C G/B G D
In ev - 'ry con - di - tion, in sickness, in health
G C G/B Em G/D D G
In pov - erty's vale, or a - bound - ing in wealth
G Em C G D
At home and a - broad, on the land, on the sea
G C G/B Em G/D D G
As thy days may de - mand shall thy strength ever be

VERSE 4
G C G/B G D
When through the deep wa - ters He calls thee to go
G C G/B Em G/D D G
Theriv - ers of grief shall not thee over - flow
G Em C G D
For He will be with thee in trouble to bless
G C G/B Em G/D D G
And sanc - tify to thee thy deep - est dis - tress
VERSE 5
G C G/B G D
When through fiery tri - als thy pathway shall lie
G C G/B Em G/D D G
My grace all - suf - fi - cient shall be thy sup - ply
G Em C G D
The flames shall not hurt thee, I only de - sign
G C G/B Em G/D D G
Thy dross to con - sume and thy gold to re - fine

VERSE 6
G C G/B G D
The soul that on Je - sus hath leaned for re - pose
G C G/B Em G/D D G
I will not, I will not de - sert to its foes
G Em C G D
That soul, though all hell should en - deavor to shake
G C G/B Em G/D D G
I'll nev - er, no nev - er, no nev - er for - sake
CCLI Song # 107816
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