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How Firm A Foundation

from QuietHymns by Matthew Smith

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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?

In every condition, in sickness and 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 My strength ever be

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

When through the deep waters I call thee to go
The rivers of grief shall not thee overflow
For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress

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

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 endeavor to break
I’ll never, no, never, no, never forsake

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from QuietHymns, released September 8, 2017
© 2011 Detuned Radio Music. Author undetermined. Arranged by Matthew S. Smith.

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Matthew Smith Nashville, Tennessee

Matthew Smith is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter who writes brand new music to centuries-old hymn texts. He finds beauty exploring the tension between joy and sorrow, between the Already and the Not Yet.

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