Odes of Solomon

Nuhra2021 Ode 24

Ode 24 The Thought Which Made Them from of Old 1 The dove fluttered onto the anointed one, because his head belonged to her. 2 And she cooed (psalms) about him, and her voice was heard. 3 And the inhabitants were afraid, and the sojourners were shaken. 4 The bird flew, forsook its wing, and every creeping thing died in its hole. 5 And the depths were opened, even those that had been covered. And they sought the Lord like women about to deliver. 6 And no food was given to them by him, because it did not belong to them. 7 And the depths were submerged with the Lord’s submersion, and they perished in accord with the thought by which they had been made from of old. 8 For they were subject to perishability from in the beginning, and the end of their perishability was life. 9 And everyone who was lacking perished because of the depths, because they could not give the answer that would let them remain. 10 And the Lord destroyed the thoughts of all who did not have the truth. 11 For the arrogant in heart lacked wisdom, 12 and so they were rejected, because the truth was not with them. 13 Because the Lord showed his way and spread abroad his steadfast love. 14 And those who came to know it, they know his sanctity. Hallelujah!