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The Odes

ode: 1. a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion. 2. (originally) a poem intended to be sung.
 

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(08/17/04)

No modern interpreter will ever get inside the intimate meaning and rich connotation of these Odes. Their mindset cannot be recaptured in anything but the most general way from the vantage point of today's reader. But to spray paint them in the colors of the Gospels is a travesty of restoration which effectively buries what glimmer of meaning we might derive from these golden, subtle poems.

As certain strands of Jewish thinking increasingly saw Elohim as a spectrum, pulsating in an outward stream of activity, pulses of divine knowledge, the Law, of saving graces and redeeming figure-forces, they created for themselves an immensely rich spiritual dimension and a mystical universe whose subtleties have been largely lost to us and whose outlook has long since ceased to speak to times which came after. Indeed, it was a phase which degenerated quite quickly into something less rich, less mystical, but something more accessible, as elitist sects broadened into popular religious movements. Once this overarching spiritual canopy, illumined by the sacred writings, descended to the material world and was translated into mundane history, it lost much of its wonder, and scripture went slumming as the repository of mere prophecies of earthbound events. One of the things which suffered was Christian literature, for it was forced henceforth to tread upon the earth. I would maintain that no poet to equal the Odist was ever again produced.

The Odes of Solomon are a priceless jeweled window onto the early development of Christ belief, part of a "proto-Christian" stream. Their composer inhabits a community which has cultified the communicating aspect of Elohim, a layer superimposed upon the traditional Jewish worship of Elohim, but still oriented toward him. There is as yet no firm development of an incarnation—certainly not in "flesh"—and the Word or Son is probably not yet perceived as a separate entity, only a highlighted aspect of Elohim, an eoneation from him that serves a revelatory, mediatorial function, channel of the knowledge which brings salvation to the elect.

But a complex of spiritual attributes, titles and feelings are coalescing around this eoneation, drawing the believer's and the Odist's attentions, not away from Elohim himself, but toward a different way of viewing him, although the Odist often bypasses this aspect entirely, keeping the traditional focus directly on the Father and Master. These parts of Elohim are beginning to assume their own personality, attracting love and worship of their own. They are developing their own spiritual mythology, drawn from older Wisdom speculation and outside influences. The Word as Elohim's voice, Wisdom as his helper and channel of knowledge, the Son as his only-begotten, his representative in the world, are merging into an hypostasis, a stripped-off aspect of Elohim with an identity of its own. Inevitably this process did not stand still, but led to the increasing sense of a separate divine personage. Mystical imagery became historical biography, and the immediate source of salvation passed from Elohim to his Son.

When the evangelists brought Jesus of Nazareth into the light, they gave the Son a face.

Earl Doherty

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Ode 1

  1. Yahweh is on my head like a crown, and I shall never be without Him.
  2. Plaited for me is the crown of truth, and it caused Your branches to blossom in me.
  3. For it is not like a parched crown that blossoms not;
  4. For You live upon my head, and have blossomed upon me.
  5. Your fruits are full and complete; they are full of Your yeshua.

EloHymn

Yah, upon my head, a wreath;
I shall ever dwell beneath.
Plaited orb of verity
Branch’d and blossoming in me.
Not a dry crown nor a dead,
but a thriving on my head,
Sprouting grapes, so ripe and rife;
Bleeding fruit that saves my life.
O, my Father, let it be
Ever growing as a tree.
Shooting forth from this dear flesh
Many fruits, diverse and fresh.

On my head, just as a crown;
On my body, as a gown;
On my feet for all to see:
You are woven over me.
When the earth shakes or the sea
threatens harm to tiny me,
I need not try to contend;
knowing my life has no end.
O, dear Mother, ever be
actively adorning me.
Nourishing my evergreen
spirit fruits, diverse and clean.
--A new setting of Odes of Solomon #1,5
 


Ode 2

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Ode 3

  1. I am putting on the love of Yahweh.
  2. And His members are with Him, and I am dependent on them; and He loves me.
  3. For I should not have known how to love Yahweh, if He had not continuously loved me.
  4. Who is able to distinguish love, except him who is loved?
  5. I love the Beloved and I myself love Him, and where His rest is, there also am I.
  6. And I shall be no stranger, because there is no jealousy with Yahweh El Shaddai the Merciful.
  7. I have been united to Him, because the lover has found the Beloved, because I love Him that is the Son, I shall become a son.
  8. Indeed he who is joined to Him who is immortal, truly shall be immortal.
  9. And he who delights in the Life will become living.
  10. This is the Spirit of Yahweh, which is not false, which teaches the children of humankind to know His ways.
  11. Be wise and understanding and awakened.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 4

  1. No one can pervert Your set-apart place, O Eli; nor can he change it, and put it in another place.
  2. Because he has no power over it; for Your sanctuary You designed before You made special places.
  3. The ancient one shall not be perverted by those which are inferior to it. You have given Your heart, O Yah, to Your believers.
  4. Never will You be idle, nor will You be without fruits;
  5. For one hour of Your faith is more excellent than all days and years.
  6. For who shall put on Your grace and be rejected?
  7. Because Your seal is known; and Your creatures are known to it.
  8. And Your hosts possess it, and the elect archangels are clothed with it.
  9. You have given to us Your fellowship, not that You were in need of us, but that we are always in need of You.
  10. Shower upon us Your gentle rain, and open Your bountiful springs which abundantly supply us with milk and hmany.
  11. For there is no regret with You; that You should regret anything which You have promised;
  12. Since the result was manifest to You.
  13. For that which You gave, You gave freely, so that no longer will You draw back and take them again.
  14. For all was manifest to You as Elohim, and was set in order from the beginning before You.
  15. And You, O Yah, have made all.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 5

  1. I praise You, O Yah, because I love You.
  2. O El Shaddai, forsake me not, for You are my hope.
  3. Freely did I receive Your grace, may I live by it.
  4. My persecutors will come but let them not see me.
  5. Let a cloud of darkness fall upon their eyes; and let an air of thick darkness obscure them.
  6. And let them have no light to see, so that they cannot seize me.
  7. Let their designs become hardened, so that whatever they have conspired shall return upon their own heads.
  8. For they have devised a plan, but it was not for them.
  9. They prepared themselves maliciously, but they were found to be impotent.
  10. Indeed my confidence is upon Yahweh, and I will not fear.
  11. And because Yahweh is my salvation, I will not fear.
  12. And He is as a woven crown upon my head, and I shall not be shaken.
  13. Even if everything should be shaken, I shall stand firm.
  14. And though all things visible should perish, I shall not die;
  15. Because Yahweh is with me, and I with Him.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 6

  1. As the wind glides through the harp and the strings speak,
  2. So the Spirit of Yahweh speaks through my members, and I speak through His love.
  3. For He destroys whatever is alien, and everything is of Yahweh.
  4. For thus it was from the beginning, and will be until the end.
  5. So that nothing shall be contrary, and nothing shall rise up against Him.
  6. Yahweh has multiplied his knowledge, and He was zealous that those things should be known which through His grace have been given to us.
  7. And His praise He gave us on account of His name, our spirits praise His Set-apart Spirit.
  8. For there went forth a stream, and it became a river great and broad; indeed it carried away everything, and it shattered and brought it to the Temple.
  9. And the barriers which were built by men were not able to restrain it, nor even the arts of them who habitually restrain water.
  10. For it spread over the surface of all the earth, and it filled everything.
  11. Then all the thirsty upon the earth drank, and thirst was relieved and quenched;
  12. For from El Shaddai the drink was given.
  13. Blessed, therefore, are the ministers of that drink, who have been entrusted with His water.
  14. They have refreshed the parched lips, and have aroused the paralyzed will.
  15. Even living persons who were about to expire, they have held back from death.
  16. And limbs which have collapsed, they have restored and set up.
  17. They gave strength for their coming, and light for their eyes.
  18. Because everyone recognized them as Yahweh's, and lived by the living water of eternity.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 7

  1. As is the course of anger over wickedness, so is the course of joy over the Beloved; and brings in of its fruits unhindered.
  2. My joy is Yahweh and my course is towards Him, this path of mine is beautiful.
  3. For there is a Helper for me, Yahweh. He has generously shown Himself to me in His simplicity, because His kindness has diminished His dreadfulness.
  4. He became like me, that I might receive Him. In form He was considered like me, that I might put Him on.
  5. And I trembled not when I saw Him, because He was gracious to me.
  6. Like my nature He became, that I might understand Him. And like my form, that I might not turn away from Him.
  7. The Father of knowledge is the Word of knowledge.
  8. He who created wisdom is wiser than His works.
  9. And He who created me when yet I was not knew what I would do when I came into being.
  10. On account of this He was gracious to me in His abundant grace, and allowed me to ask from Him and to benefit from His sacrifice.
  11. For He it is who is incorrupt, the perfection of the worlds and their Father.
  12. He has allowed Him to appear to them that are His own; in order that they may recognize Him that made them, and not suppose that they came of themselves.
  13. For towards knowledge He has set His way, he has widened it and lengthened it and brought it to complete perfection.
  14. And has set over it the traces of His light, and it proceeded from the beginning until the end.
  15. For by Him He was served, and He was pleased by the Son.
  16. And because of his salvation He will possess everything. And El Shaddai will be known by His set-apart ones:
  17. To announce to those who have songs of the coming of Yahweh, that they may go forth to meet Him and may sing to Him, with joy and with the harp of many tones.
  18. The Seers shall go before Him, and they shall be seen before Him.
  19. And they shall praise Yahweh in His love, because He is near and does see.
  20. And hatred shall be removed from the earth, and with jealousy it shall be drowned.
  21. For ignorance was destroyed upon it, because the knowledge of Yahweh arrived upon it.
  22. Let the singers sing the grace of Yahweh El Shaddai, and let them bring their songs.
  23. And let their heart be like the day, and their gentle voices like the majestic beauty of Yahweh.
  24. And let there not be anyone who breathes that is without knowledge or voice.
  25. For He gave a mouth to His creation: to open the voice of the mouth towards Him, and to praise Him.
  26. Confess His power and declare His grace.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 8

  1. Open, open your hearts to the exultation of Yahweh, and let your love abound from the heart to the lips.
  2. In order to bring forth fruits to Yahweh, a set-apart life; and to talk with watchfulness in His light.
  3. Rise up and stand erect, you who sometimes were brought low.
  4. You who were in silence, speak, for your mouth has been opened.
  5. You who were despised, from henceforth be lifted up, for your Righteousness has been lifted up;
  6. For the right hand of Yahweh is with you, and He will be your Helper.
  7. And peace was prepared for you, before what may be your war.
  8. Hear the word of truth, and receive the knowledge of El Shaddai.
  9. Your flesh may not understand that which I am about to say to you; nor your garment that which I am about to show you.
  10. Keep my mystery, you who are kept by it; keep my faith, you who are kept by it.
  11. And understand my knowledge, you who know me in truth; love me with affection, you who love;
  12. For I turn not my face from my own, because I know them.
  13. And before they had existed, I recognized them; and imprinted a seal on their faces.
  14. I fashioned their members, and my own breasts I prepared for them, that they might drink my set-apart milk and live by it.
  15. I am pleased by them, and am not ashamed by them.
  16. For my workmanship are they, and the strength of my thoughts.
  17. Therefore who can stand against my work? Or who is not subject to them?
  18. I willed and fashioned mind and heart, and they are my own. And upon my right hand I have set my elect ones.
  19. And my righteousness goes before them, and they shall not be deprived of my name; for it is with them.
  20. Pray and increase, and abide in the love of Yahweh;
  21. And you who were loved in the Beloved, and you who are kept in Him who lives, and you who are saved in Him who was saved.
  22. And you shall be found incorrupt in all ages, on account of the name of your Father.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 9

  1. Open your ears, and I shall speak to you.
  2. Give me yourself, so that I may also give you myself.
  3. The word of Yahweh and His desires, the set-apart thought which He has thought concerning His Messiah.
  4. For in the will of Yahweh is your life, and His purpose is eternal life, and your perfection is incorruptible.
  5. Be enriched in Elohim the Father; and receive the purpose of El Shaddai. Be strong and redeemed by His grace.
  6. For I announce peace to you, His set-apart ones, so that none of those who hear shall fall in the war.
  7. And also that those who have known Him may not perish, and so that those who received Him may not be ashamed.
  8. An everlasting crown is Truth; blessed are they who set it on their head.
  9. It is a precious stone, for the wars were on account of the crown.
  10. But Righteousness has taken it, and has given it to you.
  11. Put on the crown in the true covenant of Yahweh, and all those who have conquered will be inscribed in His book.
  12. For their book is the reward of victory which is for you, and she sees you before her and wills that you shall be saved.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 10

  1. Yahweh has directed my mouth by His Word, and has opened my heart by His Light.
  2. And He has caused to dwell in me His immortal life, and permitted me to proclaim the fruit of His peace.
  3. To convert the lives of those who desire to come to Him, and to lead those who are captive into freedom.
  4. I took courage and became strong and captured the world, and the captivity became mine for the glory of El Shaddai, and of Elohim my Father.
  5. And the tribes who had been dispersed were gathered together, but I was not defiled by my love for them, because they had praised me in high places.
  6. And the traces of light were set upon their heart, and they walked according to my life and were saved, and they became my people for ever and ever.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 11

  1. My heart was pruned and its flower appeared, then grace sprang up in it, and my heart produced fruits for Yahweh.
  2. For El Shaddai circumcised me by His Set-apart Spirit, then He uncovered my inward being towards Him, and filled me with His love.
  3. And His circumcising became my salvation, and I ran in the Way, in His peace, in the way of truth.
  4. From the beginning until the end I received His knowledge.
  5. And I was established upon the rock of truth, where He had set me.
  6. And speaking waters touched my lips from the fountain of Yahweh generously.
  7. And so I drank and became intoxicated, from the living water that does not die.
  8. And my intoxication did not cause ignorance, but I abandoned vanity,
  9. And turned toward El Shaddai, Eli, and was enriched by His favors.
  10. And I rejected the folly cast upon the earth, and stripped it off and cast it from me.
  11. And Yahweh renewed me with His garment, and possessed me by His light.
  12. And from above He gave me immortal rest, and I became like the land that blossoms and rejoices in its fruits.
  13. And Yahweh is like the sun upon the face of the land.
  14. My eyes were enlightened, and my face received the dew;
  15. And my breath was refreshed by the pleasant fragrance of Yahweh.
  16. And He took me to His Paradise, wherein is the wealth of Yahweh's pleasure.
    I beheld blooming and fruit-bearing trees,
    And self-grown was their crown.
    Their branches were sprouting and their fruits were shining.
    From an immortal land were their roots.
    And a river of gladness was irrigating them,
    And round about them in the land of eternal life.
  17. Then I worshipped Yahweh because of His magnificence.
  18. And I said, Blessed, O Yah, are they who are planted in Your land, and who have a place in Your Paradise;
  19. And who grow in the growth of Your trees, and have passed from darkness into light.
  20. Behold, all Your laborers are fair, they who work good works, and turn from wickedness to your pleasantness.
  21. For the pungent odor of the trees is changed in Your land,
  22. And everything becomes a remnant of Yourself. Blessed are the workers of Your waters, and eternal memorials of Your faithful servants.
  23. Indeed, there is much room in Your Paradise. And there is nothing in it which is barren, but everything is filled with fruit.
  24. Glory be to You, O Elohim, the delight of Paradise for ever.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 12

  1. He has filled me with words of truth, that I may proclaim Him.
  2. And like the flowing of waters, truth flows from my mouth, and my lips declare His fruits.
  3. And He has caused His knowledge to abound in me, because the mouth of Yahweh is the true Word, and the entrance of His light.
  4. And El Shaddai has given Him to His generations, which are the interpreters of His beauty,
    And the narrators of His glory,
    And the confessors of His purpose,
    And the preachers of His mind,
    And the teachers of His works.
  5. For the subtlety of the Word is inexpressible, and like His utterance so also is His swiftness and His acuteness, for limitless is His progression.
  6. He never falls but remains standing, and one cannot comprehend His descent or His way.
  7. For as His work is, so is His expectation, for He is the light and dawning of thought.
  8. And by Him the generations spoke to one another, and those that were silent acquired speech.
  9. And from Him came love and equality, and they spoke one to another that which was theirs.
  10. And they were stimulated by the Word, and knew Him who made them, because they were in harmony.
  11. For the mouth of El Shaddai spoke to them, and His exposition prospered through Him.
  12. For the dwelling place of the Word is one, and His truth is love.
  13. Blessed are they who by means of Him have perceived everything, and have known Yahweh in His truth.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 13

  1. Behold, Yahweh is our mirror. Open your eyes and see them in Him.
  2. And learn the manner of your face, then declare praises to His Spirit.
  3. And wipe the paint from your face, and love His holiness and put it on.
  4. Then you will be unblemished at all times with Him.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 14

  1. As the eyes of a son upon his father, so are my eyes, O Yah, at all times towards You.
  2. Because my breasts and my pleasure are with You.
  3. Turn not aside Your mercies from me, O Yah; and take not Your kindness from me.
  4. Stretch out to me, my Master, at all times, Your right hand, and be to me a guide till the end according to Your will.
  5. Let me be pleasing before You, because of Your glory, and because of Your name let me be saved from the Evil One.
  6. And let Your gentleness, O Yah, abide with me, and the fruits of Your love.
  7. Teach me the odes of Your truth, that I may produce fruits in You.
  8. And open to me the harp of Your Set-apart Spirit, so that with every note I may praise You, O Yah.
  9. And according to the multitude of Your mercies, so grant unto me, and hasten to grant our petitions.
  10. For You are sufficient for all our needs.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 15

  1. As the sun is the joy of them who seek its daybreak, so is my joy Yahweh;
  2. Because He is my Sun, and His rays have lifted me up; and His light has dismissed all darkness from my face.
  3. Eyes I have obtained in Him, and have seen His set-apart day.
  4. Ears I have acquired, and have heard His truth.
  5. The thought of knowledge I have acquired, and have enjoyed delight fully through Him.
  6. I repudiated the way of error, and went towards Him and received salvation from Him abundantly.
  7. And according to His generosity He gave to me, and according to His excellent beauty He made me.
  8. I put on immortality through His name, and took off corruption by His grace.
  9. Death has been destroyed before my face, and Sheol has been vanquished by my word.
  10. And eternal life has arisen in Yahweh's land, and it has been declared to His faithful ones, and has been given without limit to all that trust in Him.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 16

  1. As the occupation of the ploughman is the ploughshare, and the occupation of the helmsman is the steering of the ship, so also my occupation is the singing of Yahweh by His tehillim.
  2. My art and my service are in His tehillim, because His love has nourished my heart, and His fruits He poured unto my lips.
  3. For my love is Yahweh; hence I will sing unto Him.
  4. For I am strengthened by His praises, and I have faith in Him.
  5. I will open my mouth, and His Spirit will speak through me the glory of Yahweh and His beauty,
  6. The work of His hands, and the labor of His fingers;
  7. For the multitude of His mercies, and the strength of His Word.
  8. For the Word of Yahweh investigates that which is invisible, and reveals His thought.
  9. For the eye sees His works, and the ear hears His thought.
  10. It is He who made the earth broad, and placed the waters in the sea.
  11. He expanded the heaven, and fixed the stars.
  12. And He fixed the creation and set it up, then He rested from His works.
  13. And created things run according to their courses, and work their works, for they can never cease nor fail.
  14. And the hosts are subject to His Word.
  15. The reservoir of light is the sun, and the reservoir of darkness is the night.
  16. For He made the sun for the day so that it will be light; but night brings darkness over the face of the earth.
  17. And by their portion one from another they complete the beauty of Elohim.
  18. And there is nothing outside of Yahweh, because He was before anything came to be.
  19. And the worlds are by His Word, and by the thought of His heart.
  20. Praise and honor to His name.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 17

  1. Then I was crowned by Eli, and my crown was living.
  2. And I was justified by my Master, for my salvation is incorruptible.
  3. I have been freed from vanities, and am not condemned.
  4. My chains were cut off by His hands, I received the face and likeness of a new person, and I walked in Him and was saved.
  5. And the thought of truth led me, and I went after it and wandered not.
  6. And all who saw me were amazed, and I seemed to them like a stranger.
  7. And He who knew and exalted me, is El Shaddai in all His perfection.
  8. And He glorified me by His kindness, and raised my understanding to the height of truth.
  9. And from there He gave me the way of His steps, and I opened the doors which were closed.
  10. And I shattered the bars of iron, for my own shackles had grown hot and melted before me.
  11. And nothing appeared closed to me, because I was the opening of everything.
  12. And I went towards all my bound ones in order to loose them; that I might not leave anyone bound or binding.
  13. And I gave my knowledge generously, and my resurrection through my love.
  14. And I sowed my fruits in hearts, and transformed them through myself.
  15. Then they received my blessing and lived, and they were gathered to me and were saved;
  16. Because they became my members, and I was their Head.
  17. Glory to You, our Head, O Master Messiah.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 18

  1. My heart was lifted up and enriched in the love of El Shaddai, so that I might praise Him with my name.
  2. My members were strengthened, that they may not fall from His power.
  3. Infirmities fled from my body, and it stood firm for Yahweh by His will; because His kingdom is firm.
  4. O Yah, for the sake of those who are in need, do not dismiss Your Word from me.
  5. Nor, for the sake of their works, withhold Your perfection from me.
  6. Let not light be conquered by darkness, nor let truth flee from falsehood.
  7. Let Your right hand set our salvation to victory, and let it receive from every region, and preserve it on the side of everyone who is besieged by misfortunes.
  8. You are Eli, falsehood and death are not in Your mouth; only perfection is Your will.
  9. And vanity You know not, because neither does it know You.
  10. And You know not error; because neither does it know You.
  11. And ignorance appeared like dust, and like the foam of the sea.
  12. And vain people thought that it was great, and they became like its type and were impoverished.
  13. But those who knew understood and contemplated, and were not polluted by their thoughts;
  14. Because they were in the mind of El Shaddai, and mocked those who were walking in error.
  15. Then they spoke the truth, from the breath which El Shaddai breathed into them.
  16. Praise and great honor to His name.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 19

  1. A cup of milk was offered to me, and I drank it in the sweetness of Yahweh's kindness.
  2. The Son is the cup, and the Father is He who was milked; and the Set-apart Spirit is She who milked Him;
  3. Because His breasts were full, and it was undesirable that His milk should be ineffectually released.
  4. The Set-apart Spirit opened Her bosom, and mixed the milk of the two breasts of the Father.
  5. Then She gave the mixture to the generation without their knowing, and those who have received it are in the perfection of the right hand.
  6. The womb of the Virgin took it, and she received conception and gave birth.
  7. So the Virgin became a mother with great mercies.
  8. And she labored and bore the Son but without pain, because it did not occur without purpose.
  9. And she did not require a midwife, because He caused her to give life.
  10. She brought forth like a strong one with desire, and she bore according to the manifestation, and she acquired according to the Great Power.
  11. And she loved with redemption, and guarded with kindness, and declared with grandeur.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 20

  1. I am a priest of Yahweh, and Him I serve as a priest;
  2. And to Him I offer the offering of His thought.
  3. For His thought is not like the world, nor like the flesh, nor like them who worship according to the flesh.
  4. The offering of Yahweh is righteousness, and purity of heart and lips.
  5. Offer your inward being faultlessly; and let not your compassion oppress compassion; and let not yourself oppress a self.
  6. You should not purchase a stranger because he is like yourself, nor seek to deceive your neighbor, nor deprive him of the covering for his nakedness.
  7. But put on the grace of Yahweh generously, and come to His Paradise, and make for yourself a garland from His tree.
  8. Then put it on your head and be joyful, and recline upon His rest.
  9. For His glory will go before you; and you shall receive of His kindness and of His grace; and you shall be anointed in truth with the praise of His holiness.
  10. Praise and honor to His name.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 21

  1. I lifted up my arms on high on account of the compassion of Yahweh.
  2. Because He cast off my bonds from me, and my Helper lifted me up according to His compassion and His salvation.
  3. And I put off darkness, and put on light.
  4. And even I myself acquired members. In them there was no sickness or affliction or suffering.
  5. And abundantly helpful to me was the thought of Yahweh, and His everlasting fellowship.
  6. And I was lifted up in the light, and I passed before Him.
  7. And I was constantly near Him, while praising and confessing Him.
  8. He caused my heart to overflow, and it was found in my mouth; and it sprang forth unto my lips.
  9. Then upon my face increased the exultation of Yahweh and His praise.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 22

  1. He who caused me to descend from on high, and to ascend from the regions below;
  2. And He who gathers what is in the Middle, and throws them to me;
  3. He who scattered my enemies, and my adversaries;
  4. He who gave me authority over bonds, so that I might unbind them;
  5. He who overthrew by my hands the dragon with seven heads, and set me at his roots that I might destroy his seed;
  6. You were there and helped me, and in every place Your name surrounded me.
  7. Your right hand destroyed his evil venom, and Your hand leveled the Way for those who believe in You.
  8. And It chose them from the graves, and separated them from the dead ones.
  9. It took dead bones and covered them with flesh.
  10. But they were motionless, so It gave them energy for life.
  11. Incorruptible was Your way and Your face; You have brought Your world to corruption, that everything might be resolved and renewed.
  12. And the foundation of everything is Your rock. And upon it You have built Your kingdom, and it became the dwelling-place of the set-apart ones.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 23

  1. Joy is for the set-apart ones. And who shall put it on but they alone?
  2. Grace is for the elect ones. And who shall receive it but they who trusted in it from the beginning?
  3. Love is for the elect ones. And who shall put it on but they who possessed it from the beginning?
  4. Walk in the knowledge of Yahweh, and you will know the grace of Yahweh generously; both for His exultation and for the perfection of His knowledge.
  5. And His thought was like a letter, and His will descended from on high.
  6. And it was sent like an arrow which from a bow has been forcibly shot.
  7. And many hands rushed to the letter, in order to catch it, then take and read it.
  8. But it escaped from their fingers; and they were afraid of it and of the seal which was upon it.
  9. Because they were not allowed to loosen its seal; for the power which was over the seal was greater than they.
  10. But those who saw the letter went after it; that they might learn where it would land, and who should read it, and who should hear it.
  11. But a wheel received it, and it came over it.
  12. And a sign was with it, of the kingdom and of providence.
  13. And everything which was disturbing the wheel, it mowed and cut down.
  14. And it restrained a multitude of adversaries; and bridged rivers.
  15. And it treeed over and uprooted many forests, and made an open way.
  16. The head went down to the feet, because unto the feet ran the wheel, and whatever had come upon it.
  17. The letter was one of command, and hence all regions were gathered together.
  18. And there was seen at its head, the head which was revealed, even the Son of Truth from El Shaddai Father.
  19. And He inherited and possessed everything, and then the scheming of the many ceased.
  20. Then all the seducers became headstrong and fled, and the persecutors became extinct and were blotted out.
  21. And the letter became a large volume, which was entirely written by the finger of Elohim.
  22. And the name of the Father was upon it; and of the Son and of the Set-apart Spirit, to rule for ever and ever.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 24

  1. The dove fluttered over the head of our Master Messiah, because He was her head.
  2. And she sang over Him, and her voice was heard.
  3. Then the inhabitants were afraid, and the foreigners were disturbed.
  4. The bird began to fly, and every creeping thing died in its hole.
  5. And the chasms were opened and closed; and they were seeking Yahweh as those who are about to give birth.
  6. But He was not given to them for nourishment, because He did not belong to them.
  7. But the chasms were submerged in the seal of Yahweh, and they perished in the thought with which they had remained from the beginning.
  8. For they were in labor from the beginning, and the end of their travail was life.
  9. And all of them who were lacking perished, because they were not able to express the word so that they might remain.
  10. And Yahweh destroyed the devices, of all those who had not the truth with them.
  11. For they were lacking in wisdom, they who exalted themselves in their mind.
  12. So they were rejected, because the truth was not with them.
  13. For Yahweh revealed His way, and spread widely His grace.
  14. And those who understood it knew His holiness.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 25

  1. I was rescued from my chains, and I fled unto You, O Eli.
  2. Because You are the right hand of salvation, and my Helper.
  3. You have restrained those who rise up against me, and no more were they seen.
  4. Because Your face was with me, which saved me by Your grace.
  5. But I was despised and rejected in the eyes of many, and I was in their eyes like lead.
  6. And I acquired strength from You, and help.
  7. A lamp You set for me both on my right and on my left, so that there might not be in me anything that is not light.
  8. And I was covered with the covering of Your Spirit, and I removed from me my garments of skin.
  9. Because Your right hand exalted me, and caused sickness to pass from me.
  10. And I became mighty in Your truth, and set-apart in Your righteousness.
  11. And all my adversaries were afraid of me, and I became Yahweh's by the name of Yahweh.
  12. And I was justified by His kindness, and His rest is for ever and ever.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 26

  1. I poured out praise to Yahweh, because I am His own.
  2. And I will recite His set-apart ode, because my heart is with Him.
  3. For His harp is in my hand, and the odes of His rest shall not be silent.
  4. I will call unto Him with all my heart, I will praise and exalt Him with all my members.
  5. For from the East and unto the West is His praise;
  6. Also from the South and unto the North is His thanksgiving.
  7. Even from the crest of the summits and unto their extremity is His perfection.
  8. Who can write the odes of Yahweh, or who can read them?
  9. Or who can train himself for life, so that he himself may be saved?
  10. Or who can press upon El Shaddai, so that He would recite from His mouth?
  11. Who can interpret the wonders of Yahweh? Though he who interprets will be destroyed, yet that which was interpreted will remain.
  12. For it suffices to perceive and be satisfied, for the odists stand in serenity;
  13. Like a river which has an increasingly gushing spring, and flows to the relief of them that seek it.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 27

  1. I extended my hands and hallowed my Master,
  2. For the expansion of my hands is His sign.
  3. And my extension is the upright tree.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 28

  1. As the wings of doves over their nestlings, and the mouths of their nestlings towards their mouths, so also are the wings of the Spirit over my heart.
  2. My heart continually refreshes itself and leaps for joy, like the babe who leaps for joy in his mother's womb.
  3. I trusted, consequently I was at rest; because trustful is He in whom I trusted.
  4. He has greatly blessed me, and my head is with Him.
  5. And the dagger shall not divide me from Him, nor the sword;
  6. Because I am ready before destruction comes, and have been set on His immortal side.
  7. And immortal life embraced me, and kissed me.
  8. And from that life is the Spirit which is within me. And it cannot die because it is life.
  9. Those who saw me were amazed, because I was persecuted.
  10. And they thought that I had been swallowed up, because I seemed to them as one of the lost.
  11. But my injustice became my salvation.
  12. And I became their abomination, because there was no jealousy in me.
  13. Because I continually did good to every one I was hated.
  14. And they surrounded me like mad dogs, those who in stupidity attack their masters.
  15. Because their thought is depraved, and their mind is perverted.
  16. But I was carrying water in my right hand, and their bitterness I endured by my sweetness.
  17. And I did not perish, because I was not their brother, nor was my birth like theirs.
  18. And they sought my death but did not find it possible, because I was older than their memory; and in vain did they cast lots against me.
  19. And those who were after me sought in vain to destroy the memorial of Him who was before them.
  20. Because the thought of El Shaddai cannot be prepossessed; and His heart is superior to all wisdom.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 29

  1. Yahweh is my hope, I shall not be ashamed of Him.
  2. For according to His praise He made me, and according to His grace even so He gave to me.
  3. And according to His mercies He exalted me, and according to His great honor He lifted me up.
  4. And he caused me to ascend from the depths of Sheol, and from the mouth of death He drew me.
  5. And I humbled my enemies, and He justified me by His grace.
  6. For I believed in Yahweh's Messiah, and considered that He is Yahweh.
  7. And He revealed to me His sign, and He led me by His light.
  8. And He gave me the scepter of His power, that I might subdue the devices of the people, and humble the power of the mighty.
  9. To make war by His Word, and to take victory by His power.
  10. And Yahweh overthrew my enemy by His Word, and he became like the dust which a breeze carries off.
  11. And I gave praise to El Shaddai, because He has magnified His servant and the son of His maidservant.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 30

  1. Fill for yourselves water from the living fountain of Yahweh, because it has been opened for you.
  2. And come all you thirsty and take a drink, and rest beside the fountain of Yahweh.
  3. Because it is pleasing and sparkling, and perpetually refreshes the self.
  4. For much sweeter is its water than hmany, and the hmanycomb of bees is not to be compared with it;
  5. Because it flowed from the lips of Yahweh, and it named from the heart of Yahweh.
  6. And it came boundless and invisible, and until it was set in the middle they knew it not.
  7. Blessed are they who have drunk from it, and have refreshed themselves by it.
    Hallel Yahweh.

EloHymn

1.Drink, drink deeply
the living fountain of your friend
is yours, it is yours.
Come, you thirsty
and rest beside the fountain of
your friend, it is yours.
How beautiful and pure,
how quenching to the thirst!
Drink deeply from the fountain of Messiah!

2.Drink, drink deeply,
the water of the fountain
is so sweet, honey sweet.
Come you thirsty,
the combs of bees have nothing
to compare, and it's yours.
It flows down from the lips of the Almighty One.
It's name is from the heart of your Messiah.

3.Come, you thirsty
and rest beside the fountain
of your friend, it is yours.
Drink, drink deeply,
for those who drink are blessed
and they rest, O, they rest.
Their thirst is satisfied
in his e'er bubbling spring.
They rest deep in the bosom of Messiah!

 

Ode 31

  1. Chasms vanished before Yahweh, and darkness dissipated before His appearance.
  2. Error erred and perished on account of Him; and contempt received no path, for it was submerged by the truth of Yahweh.
  3. He opened His mouth and spoke grace and joy; and recited a new chant to His name.
  4. Then He lifted his voice towards El Shaddai, and offered to Him those that had become sons through Him.
  5. And His face was justified, because thus His Set-apart Father had given to Him.
  6. Come forth, you who have been afflicted, and receive joy.
  7. And possess yourselves through grace, and take unto you immortal life.
  8. And they condemned me when I stood up, me who had not been condemned.
  9. Then they divided my spoil, though nothing was owed them.
  10. But I endured and held my peace and was silent, that I might not be disturbed by them.
  11. But I stood undisturbed like a solid rock, which is continuously pounded by columns of waves and endures.
  12. And I bore their bitterness because of humility; that I might redeem my nation and instruct it.
  13. And that I might not nullify the promises to the patriarchs, to whom I was promised for the salvation of their offspring.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 32

  1. To the blessed ones the joy is from their heart, and light from Him who dwells in them;
  2. And the Word of truth who is self-originate,
  3. Because He has been strengthened by the Set-apart Power of El Shaddai; and He is unshaken for ever and ever.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 33

  1. But again Grace was swift and dismissed the Corruptor, and descended upon him to renounce him.
  2. And he caused utter destruction before him, and corrupted all his work.
  3. And he stood on the peak of a summit and cried aloud from one end of the earth to the other.
  4. Then he drew to him all those who obeyed him, for he did not appear as the Evil One.
  5. However, the perfect Virgin stood, who was preaching and summoning and saying:
  6. O you sons of men, return, and you their daughters, come.
  7. And leave the ways of that Corruptor, and approach me.
  8. And I will enter into you, and bring you forth from destruction, and make you wise in the ways of truth.
  9. Be not corrupted nor perish.
  10. Obey me and be saved, for I am proclaiming unto you the grace of Elohim.
  11. And through me you will be saved and become blessed. I am your judge;
  12. And they who have put me on shall not be falsely accused, but they shall possess incorruption in the new world.
  13. My elect ones have walked with me, and my ways I will make known to them who seek me; and I will promise them my name.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 34

  1. There is no hard way where there is a simple heart, nor barrier for upright thoughts,
  2. Nor whirlwind in the depth of the enlightened thought.
  3. Where one is surrounded on every side by pleasing country, there is nothing divided in him.
  4. The likeness of that which is below is that which is above.
  5. For everything is from above, and from below there is nothing, but it is believed to be by those in whom there is no understanding.
  6. Grace has been revealed for your salvation. Believe and live and be saved.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 35

  1. The gentle showers of Yahweh overshadowed me with serenity, and they caused a cloud of peace to rise over my head;
  2. That it might guard me at all times. And it became salvation to me.
  3. Everyone was disturbed and afraid, and there came from them smoke and judgment.
  4. But I was tranquil in Yahweh's legion; more than shade was He to me, and more than foundation.
  5. And I was carried like a child by its mother; and He gave me milk, the dew of Yahweh.
  6. And I was enriched by His favor, and rested in His perfection.
  7. And I spread out my hands in the ascent of myself, and I directed myself towards El Shaddai, and I was redeemed towards Him.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 36

  1. I rested on the Spirit of Yahweh, and She lifted me up to heaven;
  2. And caused me to stand on my feet in Yahweh's high place, before His perfection and His glory, where I continued glorifying Him by the composition of His Odes.
  3. The Spirit brought me forth before Yahweh's face, and because I was the Son of Adamah, I was named the Light, the Son of Elohim;
  4. Because I was the most glorified among the glorious ones, and the greatest among the great ones.
  5. For according to the greatness of El Shaddai, so She made me; and according to His newness He renewed me.
  6. And He anointed me with His perfection; and I became one of those who are near Him.
  7. And my mouth was opened like a cloud of dew, and my heart gushed forth like a gusher of righteousness.
  8. And my approach was in peace, and I was established in the Spirit of Providence.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 37

  1. I stretched out my hands towards Yahweh, and towards El Shaddai I raised my voice.
  2. And I spoke with the lips of my heart, and He heard me when my voice reached Him.
  3. His Word came towards me, in order to give me the fruits of my labors;
  4. And gave me rest by the grace of Yahweh.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 38

  1. I went up into the light of Truth as into a merkabah, and the Truth led me and caused me to come.
  2. And caused me to pass over chasms and gulfs, and saved me from cliffs and valleys.
  3. And became for me a haven of salvation, and set me on the place of immortal life.
  4. And He went with me and caused me to rest and did not allow me to err; because He was and is the Truth.
  5. And there was no danger for me because I constantly walked with Him; and I did not err in anything because I obeyed Him.
  6. For Error fled from Him, and never met Him.
  7. But Truth was proceeding on the upright way, and whatever I did not understand He exhibited to me:
  8. All the poisons of error, and pains of death which are considered sweetness.
  9. And the corrupting of the Corruptor, I saw when the bride who was corrupting was adorned, and the bridegroom who corrupts and is corrupted.
  10. And I asked the Truth, Who are these? And He said to me: This is the Deceiver and the Error.
  11. And they imitate the Beloved and His Bride, and they cause the world to err and corrupt it.
  12. And they invite many to the wedding feast, and allow them to drink the wine of their intoxication;
  13. So they cause them to vomit up their wisdom and their knowledge, and prepare for them mindlessness.
  14. Then they abandon them; and so they stumble about like mad and corrupted men.
  15. Since there is no understanding in them, neither do they seek it.
  16. But I have been made wise so as not to fall into the hands of the Deceivers, and I myself rejoiced because the Truth had gone with me.
  17. For I was established and lived and was redeemed, and my foundations were laid on account of Yahweh's hand; because He has planted me.
  18. For He set the root, and watered it and endowed it and blessed it, and its fruits will be forever.
  19. It penetrated deeply and sprang up and spread out, and it was full and was enlarged.
  20. And Yahweh alone was glorified, in His planting and in His cultivation;
  21. In His care and in the blessing of His lips, in the beautiful planting of His right hand;
  22. And in the attainment of His planting, and in the understanding of His mind.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 39

  1. Raging rivers are the power of Yahweh; they send headlong those who despise Him.
  2. And entangle their paths, and destroy their treeings.
  3. And snatch their bodies, and corrupt their natures.
  4. For they are more swift than lightnings, even more rapid.
  5. But those who tree them in faith shall not be disturbed.
  6. And those who walk on them faultlessly shall not be shaken.
  7. Because the sign on them is Yahweh, and the sign is the Way for those who tree in the name of Yahweh.
  8. Therefore, put on the name of El Shaddai and know Him, and you shall tree without danger; because rivers shall be obedient to you.
  9. Yahweh has bridged them by His Word, and He walked and treeed them on foot.
  10. And His footsteps stand firm upon the waters, and were not destroyed; but they are like a beam of wood that is constructed on truth.
  11. On this side and on that the waves were lifted up, but the footsteps of our Master Messiah stand firm.
  12. And they are neither blotted out, nor destroyed.
  13. And the Way has been appointed for those who tree over after Him, and for those who adhere to the path of His faith; and who adore His name.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 40

  1. As honey drips from the honeycomb of bees, and milk flows from the woman who loves her children, so also is my hope upon You, O Eli.
  2. As a fountain gushes forth its water, so my heart gushes forth the praise of Yahweh, and my lips bring forth praise to Him.
  3. And my tongue becomes sweet by His anthems, and my members are anointed by His odes.
  4. My face rejoices in His exultation, and my spirit exults in His love, and my nature shines in Him.
  5. And he who is afraid shall trust in Him, and redemption shall be assured in Him.
  6. And His possessions are immortal life, and those who receive it are incorruptible.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Ode 41

  1. Let all Yahweh's babes praise Him, and let us receive the truth of His faith.
  2. And His children shall be acknowledged by Him, therefore let us sing by His love.
  3. We live in Yahweh by His grace, and life we receive by His Messiah.
  4. For a great day has shined upon us, and wonderful is He who has given to us of His glory.
  5. Let us, therefore, all of us agree in the name of Yahweh, and let us honor Him in His goodness.
  6. And let our faces shine in His light, and let our hearts meditate in His love, by night and by day.
  7. Let us exult with the exultation of Yahweh.
  8. All those who see me will be amazed, because I am from another race.
  9. For the Father of Truth remembered me; he who possessed me from the beginning.
  10. For His riches begat me, and the thought of His heart.
  11. And His Word is with us in all our way, the Savior who gives life and does not reject ourselves.
  12. The Man who humbled Himself, but was exalted because of His own righteousness.
  13. The Son of El Shaddai appeared in the perfection of His Father.
  14. And light dawned from the Word that was before time in Him.
  15. The Messiah in truth is one. And He was known before the foundations of the world, that He might give life to persons for ever by the truth of His name.
  16. A new chant is for Yahweh from them that love Him.
    Hallel Yahweh.

Elohymn

I am an alien among you;
I am from somewhere you can't see,
Far from here.
I pass through light; I pass through matter;
For the Father engender'd me to pass!

Pass on through the mountains and the vales of his heart,
He possess'd me from the start.
The Father of all truth remember'd me,
And that's why all the world,
Yes that's why all the world,
That's why all the world is astonished, is astonished!
Aren't we astonished in the Light of the Son?

I may pass you back to life from death and I shall.
I will not forget you souls!
For light and life found daybreak in my Word,
and I save souls in truth,
and save them in my name.
That's why all the world is astonished, is astonished!
Aren't we together in the life of the ONE?

The humble are exalted, aren't they?
One in Messiah; we're uplifted.
One in the body of Elohim.
And one is our love for him.
 

Ode 42

  1. I extended my hands and approached my Master, for the expansion of my hands is His sign.
  2. And my extension is the upright tree, that was lifted up on the way of the Righteous One.
  3. And I became useless to those who knew me not, because I shall hide myself from those who possessed me not.
  4. And I will be with those who love me.
  5. All my persecutors have died, and they sought me, they who declared against me, because I am living.
  6. Then I arose and am with them, and will speak by their mouths.
  7. For they have rejected those who persecute them; and I threw over them the yoke of my love.
  8. Like the arm of the bridegroom over the bride, so is my yoke over those who know me.
  9. And as the bridal chamber is spread out by the bridal pair's home, so is my love by those who believe in me.
  10. I was not rejected although I was considered to be so, and I did not perish although they thought it of me.
  11. Sheol saw me and was shattered, and Death ejected me and many with me.
  12. I have been vinegar and bitterness to it, and I went down with it as far as its depth.
  13. Then the feet and the head it released, because it was not able to endure my face.
  14. And I made a congregation of living among his dead; and I spoke with them by living lips; in order that my word may not be unprofitable.
  15. And those who had died ran towards me; and they cried out and said, Son of Elohim, have pity on us.
  16. And deal with us according to Your kindness, and bring us out from the bonds of darkness.
  17. And open for us the door by which we may come out to You; for we perceive that our death does not touch You.
  18. May we also be saved with You, because You are our Savior.
  19. Then I heard their voice, and placed their faith in my heart.
  20. And I placed my name upon their head, because they are free and they are mine.
    Hallel Yahweh.

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