Oh, the devil, he’s a crafty one
Comes a-callin’ when we’re weak
He spins a yarn that’s five miles long
With the twisted words he speaks
The prince of darkness tries to hide
In the shadows from the light
But the Word of God exposes empty lies

CHORUS
I will hide your word inside my heart
For the times when darkness comes
And the times when I am tempted, Lord, to sin
And though the devil lies to me
You will call your truth to mind
And I’ll never need to fight unarmed again

When the devil came to Jesus
Who had fasted forty days
And he whispered
‘Look you’re hungry…
Won’t you turn these stones to bread?’
But Jesus told that tempter
‘You forget that it is written…
Man can’t live by bread alone…
He needs the words that God has said’

CHORUS

Like a squirrel before the winter
Who hides his food away
Lord, I know my food for life
Comes from the words you say
From the words you say

CHORUS

Words and Music by Chuck Brown