1 How firm a foundation, you people of God,
is laid for your faith in his excellent word;
what more can he say than to you he has said,
to all who for refuge to Jesus have fled?

2 Fear not, he is with you, and be not dismayed,
for he is your God and will still give you aid:
he'll strengthen you, help you, and cause you to stand,
upheld by his righteous, omnipotent hand.

3 When through the deep waters he calls you to go,
the rivers of grief shall not you overflow;
the Lord will be with you in trouble to bless,
and sanctify to you your deepest distress.

4 When through fiery trials your pathway shall lie
his grace, all-sufficient shall be your supply;
the flame shall not hurt you, his only design
your dross to consume and your gold to refine.

5 The soul that on Jesus still leans 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.