Odes of Solomon

Nuhra2021 Ode 6

From the Syriac Ode 6 And the Restrainers Could Not Restrain It 1 As the wind moves through the lyre, making the strings speak, 2 so the spirit of the Lord speaks throughout my limbs, making me speak by his love. 3 For he destroys alienation, and everything is of the Lord. 4 For thus it was from in the beginning and will be to the end, 5 so that nothing should oppose him, and nothing stand against him. 6 The Lord has multiplied knowledge of himself, and is eager that those things given to us by his goodness should be known. 7 And he gave to us his praise on account of his name; our spirits praise on account of his holy spirit. 8 For there went forth a stream, and it became a river great and broad; it flooded everything, and it covered and carried the Temple. 9 And those who are restrainers among people could not restrain it, nor the skills of those who restrain waters. 10 For it went over the face of the whole earth, and it fulfilled everything. 11 And all the thirsty upon earth drank, and their thirst was relieved and quenched, 12 for from the Most High the drink was given. 13 Blessed, then, are the ministers of that drink, those who have been entrusted with it. 14 They have refreshed parched lips, and they have raised up the will that had fainted. 15 And souls that nearly departed they have held back from death. 16 And limbs that had fallen, they straightened and set upright. 17 They gave strength for their coming and light to their eyes, 18 so that everyone recognized them in the Lord. And they lived by the water that lives forever. Hallelujah!