Confined, I’m confined
Straightjacket strapped to my side
Entangled in cobweb, in motion I’m bound
In suspense

Seclusion alternates only between hope and delusion
A victim of substance and anchored prey
Who will not live to see the day
The devil lies below

Confined, I’m confined
Straightjacket strapped to my side
Entangled in cobweb, in motion I’m bound
In suspense

I am deprived, light blinding
In my eye

He uncoils his claws and clasps my nature
And to grasp my soul, he stretches his life out within:

In trade for freedom
In change for designs
His demons consume
The death sedative

I see them fly through the sun
Of my eye

I see them fly through the sun of my eye

Then comes the way
He slides along
Quietly listen
Into the deep
Mouth of the venom
Planting his teeth in
The poison remedy
While demons swarm

–Extol, “Soul Deprived”–

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I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions,
and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.
–Luke 10:19 (ESV)–

We do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
–Ephesians 6:12 (ESV)–

Be sober-minded; be watchful.
Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion,
seeking someone to devour.
–1 Peter 5:8 (ESV)–

Submit yourselves therefore to God.
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
–James 4:7 (ESV)–

Put on the whole armor of God,
that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
–Ephesians 6:11 (ESV)–

 ¹ Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. ² After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. ³ The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” ⁴ Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” ⁵ Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. ⁶ “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: “‘He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’” ⁷ Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’” ⁸ Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. ⁹ “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.” ¹⁰ Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’” ¹¹ Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.
–Matthew 4:1-11 (NIV)–