Author: Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 24 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:25 First Line: Deceiv'd by subtle snares of hell Lyrics: 1 Deceiv'd by subtle snares of hell,
Adam our head, our father, fell,
When Satan in the serpent hid,
Propos'd the fruit that God forbid.
2 Death was the threatening: death began
To take possession of the man:
His unborn race receiv'd the wound,
And heavy curses smote the ground.
3 But Satan found a worse reward;
Thus saith the vengeance of the Lord,
"Let everlasting hatred be
"Betwixt the woman's seed and thee.
4 The woman's seed shall be my Son,
He shall destroy what thou hast done;
Shall break thy head, and only feel
Thy malice raging at his heel."
5 "He spake, and bid four thousand years
Roll on; at length his Son appears;
Angels with joy descend to earth,
And sing the young Redeemer's birth.
6 Lo, by the sons of hell he dies;
But as he hung 'twixt earth and skies,
He gave their prince a fatal blow,
And triumph'd o'er the pow'rs below.
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