The phrase "crafty foe" resonates through 7 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
crafty foe
...One by one they left me battling
With the dark and crafty foe.
Yes, their pilgrimage was shorter,...
One by one they left me battling
With the dark and crafty foe.
Yes, their pilgrimage was shorter,
...Satan’s forces march to meet us;
Satan, crafty foe, would cheat us;
Yet what power can e’er defeat us,...
Satan’s forces march to meet us;
Satan, crafty foe, would cheat us;
Yet what power can e’er defeat us,
...When Satan’s host assaileth.
In vain our crafty foe
Still strives to work us woe,...
When Satan’s host assaileth.
In vain our crafty foe
Still strives to work us woe,
...A living soul of heavenly birth.
And when the envious crafty foe
Had marred Thy noblest work below,...
A living soul of heavenly birth.
And when the envious crafty foe
Had marred Thy noblest work below,
...Themselves within their snares be caught,
And be my crafty foes dismayed.
My soul is joyful in the Lord,...
Themselves within their snares be caught,
And be my crafty foes dismayed.
My soul is joyful in the Lord,
...Had he been made to mourn.
’Twas not until a crafty foe,
With rank and poisonous breath,...
Had he been made to mourn.
’Twas not until a crafty foe,
With rank and poisonous breath,
...Why heed ye then the crying
Of crafty foemen nigh?
Your Lord shall send them flying...
Why heed ye then the crying
Of crafty foemen nigh?
Your Lord shall send them flying
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