Odes of Solomon

tr. Harris, 1911

Chapter 25

¹I was rescued from my bonds and unto thee, my God, I fled: ²for thou art the right hand of my Salvation and my helper. ³Thou hast restrained those that rise up against me, ⁴and I shall see him¹ no more: because thy face was with me, which saved me by thy grace. ⁵But I was despised and rejected in the eyes of many: and I was in their eyes like lead², ⁶and strength was mine from thyself and help. ⁷Thou didst set me a lamp³ at my right hand and at my left: and in me there shall be nothing that is not bright⁴: ⁸and I was clothed with the covering of thy Spirit, and thou didst remove from me my raiment of skin⁵; ⁹for thy right hand lifted me up and removed sickness from me: ¹⁰and I became mighty in the truth, and holy by thy righteousness; and all my adversaries were afraid of me; ¹¹and I became admirable by the name of the Lord, and was justified by His gentleness, and His rest is for ever and ever. Hallelujah.

Notes

l. them.
Cf. Sap. Sol. ii. 16 εἰς κίβδηλον ἐλογίσθημεν αὐτῷ.
Ps. cxxxii. 17.
lit. light.
Cp. Clem. Alex. Paed. i. 6, p. 117 τῆς κακίας ἐκδυσάμενοι τὸν χιτῶνα and Gen. iii. 21.