Behold, a stone in Zi­on laid,
A tried, a sure foun­da­tion stone;
Thrice blest are they whose hopes are staid
Upon this base, and this alone.

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Some build their hopes on the ev­er drift­ing sand,
Some on their fame, or their trea­sure, or their land;
Mine’s on a Rock that for­ev­er will stand,
Jesus, the Rock of Ag­es.

Storms may arise, and tem­pests blow,
And beat with fu­ry on this Rock,
Still it re­mains, though ave o’er­flow,
Unmoved amid the fierc­est shock.

Refrain

Ne’er shall the gates of hell pre­vail,
O’er those who in the Lord abide,
Safely they dwell, though foes as­sail,
Forever near the Sav­ior’s side.

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