The faithful word of promise cheers And bears my spirits up, Dispels my dark desponding fears And stablishes my hope.

So he would have the Colossians walking in Christ, rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith as they had been taught, Col. ii. 6, 7. 13.

Thou livest, thou art stablished, thou renewest thy youth, and thou art true and perfect; thy father R[=a] maketh strong thy members, and the company of the gods make acclamations unto thee.