EB
Though troubles assail and dangers affright,
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Though friends should all fail and foes all unite;
EB
Yet one thing secures us, whatever betide,
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The scripture assures us, the Lord will provide.
BA
The birds without barn or storehouse are fed,
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From them let us learn to trust for our bread:
EB
His saints, what is fitting, shall ne’er be denied,
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So long as it’s written, the Lord will provide.
EB
We may, like the ships, by tempest be tossed
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On perilous deeps, but cannot be lost.
EB
Though Satan enrages the wind and the tide,
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The promise engages, the Lord will provide.
BA
His call we obey like Abram of old,
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Not knowing our way, but faith makes us bold;
EB
For though we are strangers we have a good Guide,
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And trust in all dangers, the Lord will provide.
EB
When Satan appears to stop up our path,
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And fill us with fears, we triumph by faith;
EB
He cannot take from us, though oft he has tried,
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This heart–cheering promise, the Lord will provide.
BA
He tells us we’re weak, our hope is in vain,
BF#m
The good that we seek we ne’er shall obtain,
EB
But when such suggestions our spirits have plied,
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This answers all questions, the Lord will provide.
EB
No strength of our own, or goodness we claim,
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Yet since we have known the Savior’s great name;
EB
In this our strong tower for safety we hide,
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The Lord is our power, the Lord will provide.
BA
When life sinks apace and death is in view,
BF#m
This word of his grace shall comfort us through:
EB
No fearing or doubting with Christ on our side,
G#mA2
We hope to die shouting, the Lord will provide