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Hymn 866

When temptations round me about

Meter: 8.8.8.D.

Scripture: Gen. 3:9

1

When temptations round me about

And world problems encompass me

When the foe appear as a friend

To seek after my destruction

O Lord call upon me to come

As Thou in garden call'd Adam

Saying, where art thou o sinner.

2

When Satan tends to deceive me

To world’s highest hill then lift me

With his command to bow for him

That I may possess all world's lusts

That I may from the fault be free.

3

When glories of the world tends to

Force me to go against Thy laws,

When behind me stood against me,

With promise that, all will be well.

4

When all my expectations fail

And idol and strange gods follow

When incantations be my song,

And spells became my morning prayer.

5

When in my will, I love to walk

In heretic love of my heart

And when my heart moves here and there

When neither cold nor hot I am.

6

When I am lost like the bush dog,

Who fails to hear the hunter's call

When hope to return failure be,

Then in sins I wallow always.

7

When there is no sympathizers,

And comforters far’way from me

When sorrows like storm covers me,

And bow my head in repentance.