O, loving wisdom of our God!

1O, loving wisdom of our God! When all was sin and shame,
A second Adam to the fight And to the rescue came.

2O, wisest love! that flesh and blood Which did in Adam fail,
Should strive afresh against the foe, Should strive and should prevail!

3O, generous love!—that he who smote In Man for man the foe,
The double agony in Man For man should undergo.