The Man Who Once Has Found Abode

The man who once has found ab­ode

Within the sec­ret place of God

Shall with Al­migh­ty God ab­ide

And in His sha­dow safe­ly hide.

I of the Lord my God will say

He is my re­fuge and my stay;

To Him for safe­ty I will flee;

My God

in Him my trust will be.

He shall with all pro­tect­ing care

Preserve thee from the fowl­er’s snare;

When fear­ful plagues around pre­vail

No fa­tal stroke shall thee as­sail.

His out­spread pin­ions shall thee hide;

Beneath His wings shalt thou con­fide;

His faith­ful­ness shall ev­er be

A shield and buck­ler unto thee.

No night­ly ter­rors shall alarm;

No dead­ly shaft by day shall harm;

Nor pes­ti­lence that walks by night

Nor plagues that waste in noon­day light.

A thou­sand at thy side shall lie

At thy right hand ten thou­sand die;

But thou un­harmed

se­cure

shalt see

What wick­ed men’s re­ward shall be.

Because thy trust is God alone

Thy dwell­ing place the High­est One

No ev­il shall upon thee come

Nor plague ap­proach thy guard­ed home.

O’er thee His an­gels He com­mands

To bear thee safe­ly in their hands

To keep thee in thy ways each one

Nor dash thy foot against a stone.

“Thy foot shall crush the ad­der’s head

On li­ons and on dra­gons tread;

And since on Me he set his love

I will his con­stant Sav­ior prove.

“Because to him My name is dear

I’ll him ex­alt above all fear.

To Me he’ll lift his ear­nest cry

And I will an­swer from on high.

I will be near when trou­bles press;

I’ll save Him

and with hon­ors bless;

With life he sa­tis­fied shall be

And My sal­va­tion he shall see.