Verse 1:
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In Christ alone my hope is found,
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He is my light, my strength, my song;
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This Cornerstone, this solid Ground,
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Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
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What heights of love, what depths of peace,
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When fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
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My Comforter, my All in All,
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Here in the love of Christ I stand.
Verse 2:
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In Christ alone! Who took on flesh
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Fullness of God in helpless babe!
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This gift of love and righteousness
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Scorned by the ones he came to save:
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Till on that cross as Jesus died,
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The wrath of God was satisfied
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For every sin on Him was laid;
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Here in the death of Christ I live.
Verse 3:
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There in the ground His body lay
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Light of the world by darkness slain:
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Then bursting forth in glorious Day
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Up from the grave he rose again!
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And as He stands in victory
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Sin's curse has lost its grip on me,
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For I am His and He is mine
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Bought with the precious blood of Christ.
Verse 4:
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No guilt in life, no fear in death,
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This is the power of Christ in me;
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From life's first cry to final breath.
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Jesus commands my destiny.
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No power of hell, no scheme of man,
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Can ever pluck me from His hand;
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Till He returns or calls me home,
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Here in the power of Christ I'll stand.