Lutheran Worship ‎#360

360. Now I Have Found the Firm Foundation

1 Now I have found the firm foundation
Which holds my anchor ever sure,
Laid long before the world's creation
In Christ my Savior's wounds secure,
Foundation which unmoved will stay
When all this world will pass away.

2 It is that mercy never ending
Which far our human thought transcends
Of him who, loving arms extending,
To wretched sinners condescends;
His heart with pity still will break
Both if we seek him or forsake.

3 Our ruin God has not intended;
For our salvation he has yearned;
For this his Son to earth descended
And now to heaven has returned.
For he is patient evermore
And knocks at our heart's bolted door.

4 O depth of love, to me revealing
The sea where my sins disappear!
In Christ my wounds find perfect healing,
There is no condemnation here;
For Jesus' blood through earth and skies
Forever "Mercy! Mercy!" cries.

5 I never will forget this crying;
In faith I trust it all my days,
And when because of sins I'm sighing,
Into my Father's heart I gaze,
For in his heart is surely found
Free mercy without end and bound.

6 Lord, I will stand on this foundation
As long as I on earth remain;
This will engage my meditation
While I the breath of life retain.
And then, when face to face with you,
I'll sing your mercy great and true.

Text Information

• First Line: Now I have found the firm foundation
• Title: Now I Have Found the Firm Foundation
• Author: Johann A. Rothe, 1688-1758
• Meter: 98 98 88
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1982
• Topic: Justification
• Source: Tr. The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941, alt.

Tune Information

• Name: O DASS ICH TAUSEND ZUNGEN HÄTTE
• Meter: 98 98 88
• Key: F Major
• Source: Johann B. König, Harmonischer Lieder-Schatz, 1738
• Copyright: Arrangement: © 1981 Richard W. Gieseke. Used by permission.