The Cyber Hymnal ‎#15980

15980. When, By The Tempter's Wiles Betrayed

1 When, by the tempter’s wiles betrayed
Adam our head and parent fell,
Unknown before, a pleasure spread,
Through all the mazy deeps of hell.

2 Infernal powers rejoiced to see
The new-made world destroyed, undone;
But God proclaims His great decree,
Of grace and mercy through His Son.

3 Serpent, accursed, thy sentence read,
Almighty vengeance thou shalt feel;
The woman’s seed shall crush thy head,
Thy malice slightly bruise His heel.

4 Thus God declares, and Christ descends,
In human form to bleed and die;
Whilst by His death, death’s empire ends,
And all the sons of darkness fly.

5 Rising, the King of glory deals
Destruction to His numerous foes;
His power the daring tempter feels,
And sinks oppressed beneath his woes.

Text Information

• First Line: When, by the tempter’s wiles betrayed
• Title: When, By The Tempter's Wiles Betrayed
• Author: Benjamin Beddome, 1717-1795
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton & Briggs, 1818)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: VESTAL
• Meter: LM
• Key: a minor or modal
• Source: Joseph Funk's Harmonia Sacra, 5th edition, 1851
• Copyright: Public Domain