1 O Je­sus, Thou wast tempt­ed,
Alone in des­erts wild;
No hu­man friend was near Thee,
The ev­il tempt­er smiled.
O Je­sus, Thou didst con­quer
By God’s own pow­er in Thee,
Help me, O Christ to con­quer,
Give me the vic­to­ry!

2 O Je­sus, Thou wast tempt­ed,
To mean­ness, greed and shame,
In all points like as I am,
In ev­ery way the same.
With God’s great words of pro­mise
Thy me­mo­ry was stored,
And mean things lost their fa­vor
Beside God’s ho­ly word.

3 O Je­sus, Thou wast tempt­ed,
To live for self alone,
To be great, rich and pow­er­ful,
To get, to keep, to own.
Thou didst not bow to Mam­mon,
But chose to wor­ship God,
O give me strength to fol­low,
To walk where Thou hast trod!

4 O Jesus, in Thy co­nquest
Fair an­gels came to bless
White winged, they flocked around Thee
In lone­ly wild­er­ness.
May no­ble thoughts and me­mo­ries,
Like an­gels dwell with­in,
O fill my life, Lord Je­sus,
And leave no room for sin!