The Lord Will Provide Chords

The Lord Will Provide
From the album All I Owe, available at www.matthewsmith.us
Words by John Newton, Music by Matthew S. Smith
© 2006 Detuned Radio Music (ASCAP)
 
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Though troubles assail and dangers affright,
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Though friends should all fail and foes all unite;
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Yet one thing secures us, whatever betide,
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The scripture assures us, the Lord will provide.
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The birds without barn or storehouse are fed,
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From them let us learn to trust for our bread:
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His saints, what is fitting, shall ne’er be denied,
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So long as it’s written, the Lord will provide.
 
 
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We may, like the ships, by tempest be tossed
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On perilous deeps, but cannot be lost.
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Though Satan enrages the wind and the tide,
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The promise engages, the Lord will provide.
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His call we obey like Abram of old,
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Not knowing our way, but faith makes us bold;
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For though we are strangers we have a good Guide,
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And trust in all dangers, the Lord will provide.
 
 
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When Satan appears to stop up our path,
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And fill us with fears, we triumph by faith;
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He cannot take from us, though oft he has tried,
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This heart–cheering promise, the Lord will provide.
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He tells us we’re weak, our hope is in vain,
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The good that we seek we ne’er shall obtain,
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But when such suggestions our spirits have plied,
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This answers all questions, the Lord will provide.
 
 
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No strength of our own, or goodness we claim,
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Yet since we have known the Savior’s great name;
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In this our strong tower for safety we hide,
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The Lord is our power, the Lord will provide.
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When life sinks apace and death is in view,
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This word of his grace shall comfort us through:
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No fearing or doubting with Christ on our side,
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We hope to die shouting, the Lord will provide
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