Odes of Solomon

Nuhra2021 Ode 22

Ode 22 Your Name Surrounded Me 1 The one who brought me down from on high, he also brought me up from the depths below. 2 And the one who gathers together those who are in the middle, he is also the one who proclaimed and cast them down for me. 3 The one who scattered my enemies and my foes, 4 he who gave me authority over bonds, that I might loose them, 5 he who overthrew the seven-headed dragon by my hands, it is you, even you who set me over its roots that I might destroy its offspring. 6 You were there and helped me, and in every place your name surrounded me. 7 Your right hand destroyed the evil one’s venom, and your hand leveled the way for your faithful ones, 8 and selected them from the graves, and separated them from the dead. 9 You took bones of the dead and over them you stretched bodies. 10 And they were motionless, and you gave them energy for life. 11 Your way was imperishable, and you brought your face into the age, even into (the realm of) destruction, so that everything might be dissolved and (then) renewed, 12 and your rock become the foundation for everything. And on it you built your kingdom, and it became the House of Abode for the holy ones. Hallelujah!