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crush Satans head

This could also be translated as, “step on Satans head and smash it down flat” or, “shatter Satans head by stepping on it.” This is an image of a person stepping on the head of a snake. The head is completely crushed, and the snake is dead and therefore harmless.

bite his heel

This is an image of a snake on the ground biting a persons foot. In this case, Satan would cause the Messiah to suffer, but would not destroy him.

raise him to life again

That is, “make him alive again.”