Let every trembling thought be gone;

Awake, and run the heavenly race,

And put a cheerful courage on.

2 True, ’tis a straight and thorny road,

And mortal spirits tire and faint;

But they forget the mighty God,

Who feeds the strength of every saint;

3 The mighty God, whose matchless power

Is ever new and ever young,

And firm endures, while endless years