Odes of Solomon

Nuhra2021 Ode 38

Ode 38 These are Deceiver and Error 1 I went up into the light of Truth as into a chariot. And Truth led me and carried me 2 and made me cross gaping chasms and valleys, and rescued me from cliffs and waves. 3 And he became for me a haven of salvation, and placed me on the ladder of immortal life. 4 And he went with me and brought me rest, and did not let me err because he was and is Truth. 5 And I was in no danger, because I walked with him. And I did not stray at all, because I obeyed him. 6 For Error fled from him and would not meet him. 7 But Truth went along the level path, and whatever I did not know, he showed me, 8 even all the poisons of Error, and the scourges that people think to be Death’s sweetness. 9 And I saw his destroyer, who is Destruction, I saw the bride who is destroyed while she was being adorned, and the bridegroom who destroys and is destroyed. 10 And I asked Truth: Who are these? And he said to me: These are Deceiver and Error, 11 and they mimic the beloved and his bride, and they lead astray and destroy the whole age. 12 And they invite everyone to the wedding feast, and give them to drink the wine of their intoxication. 13 And they make them vomit their wisdoms and thoughts, and make them senseless. 14 And then they throw them out. And then they go about while insane, destroying, while there is no mind in them; for they do not even look for it. 15 And as for me, I was made wise so that I did not fall into the hands of the deceivers. And I was glad because Truth had gone with me. 16 And then I was firmly established, and lived, and was redeemed, and my foundations were laid by the hand of the Lord, because he planted me. 17 For he set the root and watered it, and fixed it and blessed it, and its fruits are forever. 18 It struck deep and grew up and spread out, and became full and large. 19 And the Lord alone was glorified for his planting and his cultivation, 20 for his care and for the blessing of his lips, for the beautiful planting of his right hand, 21 and for the presence of his planting, and for the understanding of his mind. Hallelujah!