Hymn 866
When temptations round me about
Meter: 8.8.8.D.
Scripture: Gen. 3:9
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.
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.
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.
When all my expectations fail
And idol and strange gods follow
When incantations be my song,
And spells became my morning prayer.
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.
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.
When there is no sympathizers,
And comforters far’way from me
When sorrows like storm covers me,
And bow my head in repentance.