Verse 1

After Job’s trials and testimony,

God resolved to gain more like him,

not allowing Satan to attack man

the same way it did to Job.

God fully forbade Satan

from doing such things again

to man who is too weak,

foolish and ignorant.

It was enough that Satan

had already tempted Job.

God’s mercy saves man

from the abuse of Satan.

Chorus

Those whom God will save

and those who bear testimony

are the core and fruit of God’s

management plan.

They’re the price of six thousand

years of God’s efforts.

How could God just hand these men

over to Satan?

Verse 2

The lives and all of those who follow God

are ruled and run by Him.

Satan cannot manipulate

God’s chosen ones at will.

God knows man’s weaknesses,

his ignorance and foolish ways.

In order to be fully saved,

man must be handed over to Satan,

but God is not willing

to see man fooled and abused.

He does not want to see man

always suffering.

Man was made by God,

and God claims all

responsibility and authority

over man and creation!

Bridge

God does not let Satan

abuse and mistreat man at will,

nor let it guide man astray

or trample God’s laws of ruling.

God does not let Satan

step on His sovereignty,

on His management

and salvation of man.

Chorus

Those whom God will save

and those who bear testimony

are the core and fruit of God’s

management plan.

They’re the price of six thousand

years of God’s efforts.

How could God just hand these men

over to Satan?

Adapted from “God’s Work, God’s Disposition, and God Himself II” in The Word Appears in the Flesh