Odes of Solomon

tr. Harris, 1911

Chapter 15

¹As the sun is the joy to them that seek for its daybreak¹, so is my joy the Lord; ²because He is my Sun and His rays have lifted me up²; and His light hath dispelled all darkness from my face. ³In Him I have acquired eyes and have seen His holy day: ⁴ears have become mine and I have heard His truth. ⁵The thought of knowledge hath been mine, and I have been delighted through Him. ⁶The way of error I have left, and have walked towards Him and have received salvation from Him, without grudging. ⁷And according to His bounty He hath given to me, and according to His excellent beauty³ He hath made me. ⁸I have put on incorruption through His name: and have put off corruption by His grace. ⁹Death hath been destroyed before my face: and Sheol hath been abolished by my word: ¹⁰and there hath gone up deathless life in the Lord’s land, ¹¹and it hath been made known to His faithful ones, and hath been given without stint to all those that trust in Him. Hallelujah.

Notes

Cf. Ps. cxxx. 6.
Or, made me rise up.
= Gk. μεγαλοπρέπεια.