{
"books": [
{
"name": "Odes of Solomon",
"chapters": [
{
"chapter": 1,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 1",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 1,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 1:1",
"text": "The Lord is on my head like a crown, and I shall never be without Him."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 1,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 1:2",
"text": "Plaited for me is the crown of truth, and it caused Your branches to blossom in me."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 1,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 1:3",
"text": "For it is not like a parched crown that blossoms not;"
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 1,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 1:4",
"text": "For You live upon my head, and have blossomed upon me."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 1,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 1:5",
"text": "Your fruits are full and complete; they are full of Your salvation...."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 3,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 3",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 3,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 3:1",
"text": "... I am putting on the love of the Lord."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 3,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 3:2",
"text": "And His members are with Him, and I am dependent on them; and He loves me."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 3,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 3:3",
"text": "For I should not have known how to love the Lord, if He had not continuously loved me."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 3,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 3:4",
"text": "Who is able to distinguish love, except him who is loved?"
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 3,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 3:5",
"text": "I love the Beloved and I myself love Him, and where His rest is, there also am I."
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 3,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 3:6",
"text": "And I shall be no stranger, because there is no jealousy with the Lord Most High and Merciful."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 3,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 3:7",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 3,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 3:8",
"text": "Indeed he who is joined to Him who is immortal, truly shall be immortal."
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 3,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 3:9",
"text": "And he who delights in the Life will become living."
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 3,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 3:10",
"text": "This is the Spirit of the Lord, which is not false, which teaches the sons of men to know His ways."
},
{
"verse": 11,
"chapter": 3,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 3:11",
"text": "Be wise and understanding and awakened."
},
{
"verse": 12,
"chapter": 3,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 3:12",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 4,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 4",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 4,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 4:1",
"text": "No man can pervert Your holy place, O my God; nor can he change it, and put it in another place."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 4,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 4:2",
"text": "Because he has no power over it; for Your sanctuary You designed before You made special places."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 4,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 4:3",
"text": "The ancient one shall not be perverted by those which are inferior to it. You have given Your heart, O Lord, to Your believers."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 4,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 4:4",
"text": "Never will You be idle, nor will You be without fruits;"
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 4,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 4:5",
"text": "For one hour of Your faith is more excellent than all days and years."
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 4,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 4:6",
"text": "For who shall put on Your grace and be rejected?"
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 4,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 4:7",
"text": "Because Your seal is known; and Your creatures are known to it."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 4,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 4:8",
"text": "And Your hosts possess it, and the elect archangels are clothed with it."
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 4,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 4:9",
"text": "You have given to us Your fellowship, not that You were in need of us, but that we are always in need of You."
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 4,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 4:10",
"text": "Shower upon us Your gentle rain, and open Your bountiful springs which abundantly supply us with milk and honey."
},
{
"verse": 11,
"chapter": 4,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 4:11",
"text": "For there is no regret with You; that You should regret anything which You have promised;"
},
{
"verse": 12,
"chapter": 4,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 4:12",
"text": "Since the result was manifest to You."
},
{
"verse": 13,
"chapter": 4,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 4:13",
"text": "For that which You gave, You gave freely, so that no longer will You draw back and take them again."
},
{
"verse": 14,
"chapter": 4,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 4:14",
"text": "For all was manifest to You as God, and was set in order from the beginning before You."
},
{
"verse": 15,
"chapter": 4,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 4:15",
"text": "And You, O Lord, have made all."
},
{
"verse": 16,
"chapter": 4,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 4:16",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 5,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 5",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 5,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 5:1",
"text": "I praise You, O Lord, because I love You."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 5,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 5:2",
"text": "O Most High, forsake me not, for You are my hope."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 5,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 5:3",
"text": "Freely did I receive Your grace, may I live by it."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 5,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 5:4",
"text": "My persecutors will come but let them not see me."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 5,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 5:5",
"text": "Let a cloud of darkness fall upon their eyes; and let an air of thick darkness obscure them."
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 5,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 5:6",
"text": "And let them have no light to see, so that they cannot seize me."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 5,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 5:7",
"text": "Let their designs become hardened, so that whatever they have conspired shall return upon their own heads."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 5,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 5:8",
"text": "For they have devised a plan, but it was not for them."
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 5,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 5:9",
"text": "They prepared themselves maliciously, but they were found to be impotent."
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 5,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 5:10",
"text": "Indeed my confidence is upon the Lord, and I will not fear."
},
{
"verse": 11,
"chapter": 5,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 5:11",
"text": "And because the Lord is my salvation, I will not fear."
},
{
"verse": 12,
"chapter": 5,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 5:12",
"text": "And He is as a woven crown upon my head, and I shall not be shaken."
},
{
"verse": 13,
"chapter": 5,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 5:13",
"text": "Even if everything should be shaken, I shall stand firm."
},
{
"verse": 14,
"chapter": 5,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 5:14",
"text": "And though all things visible should perish, I shall not die;"
},
{
"verse": 15,
"chapter": 5,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 5:15",
"text": "Because the Lord is with me, and I with Him."
},
{
"verse": 16,
"chapter": 5,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 5:16",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 6,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 6",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 6,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 6:1",
"text": "As the wind glides through the harp and the strings speak,"
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 6,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 6:2",
"text": "So the Spirit of the Lord speaks through my members, and I speak through His love."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 6,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 6:3",
"text": "For He destroys whatever is alien, and everything is of the Lord."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 6,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 6:4",
"text": "For thus it was from the beginning, and will be until the end."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 6,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 6:5",
"text": "So that nothing shall be contrary, and nothing shall rise up against Him."
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 6,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 6:6",
"text": "The Lord has multiplied his knowledge, and He was zealous that those things should be known which through His grace have been given to us."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 6,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 6:7",
"text": "And His praise He gave us on account of His name, our spirits praise His Holy Spirit."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 6,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 6:8",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 6,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 6:9",
"text": "And the barriers which were built by men were not able to restrain it, nor even the arts of them who habitually restrain water."
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 6,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 6:10",
"text": "For it spread over the surface of all the earth, and it filled everything."
},
{
"verse": 11,
"chapter": 6,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 6:11",
"text": "Then all the thirsty upon the earth drank, and thirst was relieved and quenched;"
},
{
"verse": 12,
"chapter": 6,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 6:12",
"text": "For from the Most High the drink was given."
},
{
"verse": 13,
"chapter": 6,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 6:13",
"text": "Blessed, therefore, are the ministers of that drink, who have been entrusted with His water."
},
{
"verse": 14,
"chapter": 6,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 6:14",
"text": "They have refreshed the parched lips, and have aroused the paralyzed will."
},
{
"verse": 15,
"chapter": 6,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 6:15",
"text": "Even living persons who were about to expire, they have held back from death."
},
{
"verse": 16,
"chapter": 6,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 6:16",
"text": "And limbs which have collapsed, they have restored and set up."
},
{
"verse": 17,
"chapter": 6,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 6:17",
"text": "They gave strength for their coming, and light for their eyes."
},
{
"verse": 18,
"chapter": 6,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 6:18",
"text": "Because everyone recognized them as the Lord's, and lived by the living water of eternity."
},
{
"verse": 19,
"chapter": 6,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 6:19",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 7,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 7",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 7,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 7:1",
"text": "As is the course of anger over wickedness, so is the course of joy over the Beloved; and brings in of its fruits unhindered."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 7,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 7:2",
"text": "My joy is the Lord and my course is towards Him, this path of mine is beautiful."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 7,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 7:3",
"text": "For there is a Helper for me, the Lord. He has generously shown Himself to me in His simplicity, because His kindness has diminished His dreadfulness."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 7,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 7:4",
"text": "He became like me, that I might receive Him. In form He was considered like me, that I might put Him on."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 7,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 7:5",
"text": "And I trembled not when I saw Him, because He was gracious to me."
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 7,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 7:6",
"text": "Like my nature He became, that I might understand Him. And like my form, that I might not turn away from Him."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 7,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 7:7",
"text": "The Father of knowledge is the Word of knowledge."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 7,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 7:8",
"text": "He who created wisdom is wiser than His works."
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 7,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 7:9",
"text": "And He who created me when yet I was not knew what I would do when I came into being."
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 7,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 7:10",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": 11,
"chapter": 7,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 7:11",
"text": "For He it is who is incorrupt, the perfection of the worlds and their Father."
},
{
"verse": 12,
"chapter": 7,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 7:12",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": 13,
"chapter": 7,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 7:13",
"text": "For towards knowledge He has set His way, he has widened it and lengthened it and brought it to complete perfection."
},
{
"verse": 14,
"chapter": 7,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 7:14",
"text": "And has set over it the traces of His light, and it proceeded from the beginning until the end."
},
{
"verse": 15,
"chapter": 7,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 7:15",
"text": "For by Him He was served, and He was pleased by the Son."
},
{
"verse": 16,
"chapter": 7,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 7:16",
"text": "And because of his salvation He will possess everything. And the Most High will be known by His holy ones:"
},
{
"verse": 17,
"chapter": 7,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 7:17",
"text": "To announce to those who have songs of the coming of the Lord, that they may go forth to meet Him and may sing to Him, with joy and with the harp of many tones."
},
{
"verse": 18,
"chapter": 7,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 7:18",
"text": "The Seers shall go before Him, and they shall be seen before Him."
},
{
"verse": 19,
"chapter": 7,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 7:19",
"text": "And they shall praise the Lord in His love, because He is near and does see."
},
{
"verse": 20,
"chapter": 7,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 7:20",
"text": "And hatred shall be removed from the earth, and with jealousy it shall be drowned."
},
{
"verse": 21,
"chapter": 7,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 7:21",
"text": "For ignorance was destroyed upon it, because the knowledge of the Lord arrived upon it."
},
{
"verse": 22,
"chapter": 7,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 7:22",
"text": "Let the singers sing the grace of the Lord Most High, and let them bring their songs."
},
{
"verse": 23,
"chapter": 7,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 7:23",
"text": "And let their heart be like the day, and their gentle voices like the majestic beauty of the Lord."
},
{
"verse": 24,
"chapter": 7,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 7:24",
"text": "And let there not be anyone who breathes that is without knowledge or voice."
},
{
"verse": 25,
"chapter": 7,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 7:25",
"text": "For He gave a mouth to His creation: to open the voice of the mouth towards Him, and to praise Him."
},
{
"verse": 26,
"chapter": 7,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 7:26",
"text": "Confess His power and declare His grace."
},
{
"verse": 27,
"chapter": 7,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 7:27",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 8,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 8",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 8,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 8:1",
"text": "Open, open your hearts to the exultation of the Lord, and let your love abound from the heart to the lips."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 8,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 8:2",
"text": "In order to bring forth fruits to the Lord, a holy life; and to talk with watchfulness in His light."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 8,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 8:3",
"text": "Rise up and stand erect, you who sometimes were brought low."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 8,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 8:4",
"text": "You who were in silence, speak, for your mouth has been opened."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 8,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 8:5",
"text": "You who were despised, from henceforth be lifted up, for your Righteousness has been lifted up;"
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 8,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 8:6",
"text": "For the right hand of the Lord is with you, and He will be your Helper."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 8,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 8:7",
"text": "And peace was prepared for you, before what may be your war."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 8,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 8:8",
"text": "Hear the word of truth, and receive the knowledge of the Most High."
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 8,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 8:9",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 8,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 8:10",
"text": "Keep my mystery, you who are kept by it; keep my faith, you who are kept by it."
},
{
"verse": 11,
"chapter": 8,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 8:11",
"text": "And understand my knowledge, you who know me in truth; love me with affection, you who love;"
},
{
"verse": 12,
"chapter": 8,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 8:12",
"text": "For I turn not my face from my own, because I know them."
},
{
"verse": 13,
"chapter": 8,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 8:13",
"text": "And before they had existed, I recognized them; and imprinted a seal on their faces."
},
{
"verse": 14,
"chapter": 8,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 8:14",
"text": "I fashioned their members, and my own breasts I prepared for them, that they might drink my holy milk and live by it."
},
{
"verse": 15,
"chapter": 8,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 8:15",
"text": "I am pleased by them, and am not ashamed by them."
},
{
"verse": 16,
"chapter": 8,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 8:16",
"text": "For my workmanship are they, and the strength of my thoughts."
},
{
"verse": 17,
"chapter": 8,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 8:17",
"text": "Therefore who can stand against my work? Or who is not subject to them?"
},
{
"verse": 18,
"chapter": 8,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 8:18",
"text": "I willed and fashioned mind and heart, and they are my own. And upon my right hand I have set my elect ones."
},
{
"verse": 19,
"chapter": 8,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 8:19",
"text": "And my righteousness goes before them, and they shall not be deprived of my name; for it is with them."
},
{
"verse": 20,
"chapter": 8,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 8:20",
"text": "Pray and increase, and abide in the love of the Lord;"
},
{
"verse": 21,
"chapter": 8,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 8:21",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": 22,
"chapter": 8,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 8:22",
"text": "And you shall be found incorrupt in all ages, on account of the name of your Father."
},
{
"verse": 23,
"chapter": 8,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 8:23",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 9,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 9",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 9,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 9:1",
"text": "Open your ears, and I shall speak to you."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 9,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 9:2",
"text": "Give me yourself, so that I may also give you myself."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 9,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 9:3",
"text": "The word of the Lord and His desires, the holy thought which He has thought concerning His Messiah."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 9,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 9:4",
"text": "For in the will of the Lord is your life, and His purpose is eternal life, and your perfection is incorruptible."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 9,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 9:5",
"text": "Be enriched in God the Father; and receive the purpose of the Most High. Be strong and redeemed by His grace."
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 9,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 9:6",
"text": "For I announce peace to you, His holy ones, so that none of those who hear shall fall in the war."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 9,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 9:7",
"text": "And also that those who have known Him may not perish, and so that those who received Him may not be ashamed."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 9,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 9:8",
"text": "An everlasting crown is Truth; blessed are they who set it on their head."
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 9,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 9:9",
"text": "It is a precious stone, for the wars were on account of the crown."
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 9,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 9:10",
"text": "But Righteousness has taken it, and has given it to you."
},
{
"verse": 11,
"chapter": 9,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 9:11",
"text": "Put on the crown in the true covenant of the Lord, and all those who have conquered will be inscribed in His book."
},
{
"verse": 12,
"chapter": 9,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 9:12",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": 13,
"chapter": 9,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 9:13",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 10,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 10",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 10,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 10:1",
"text": "The Lord has directed my mouth by His Word, and has opened my heart by His Light."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 10,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 10:2",
"text": "And He has caused to dwell in me His immortal life, and permitted me to proclaim the fruit of His peace."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 10,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 10:3",
"text": "To convert the lives of those who desire to come to Him, and to lead those who are captive into freedom."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 10,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 10:4",
"text": "I took courage and became strong and captured the world, and the captivity became mine for the glory of the Most High, and of God my Father."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 10,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 10:5",
"text": "And the Gentiles 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."
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 10,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 10:6",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 10,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 10:7",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:1",
"text": "My heart was pruned and its flower appeared, then grace sprang up in it, and my heart produced fruits for the Lord."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:2",
"text": "For the Most High circumcised me by His Holy Spirit, then He uncovered my inward being towards Him, and filled me with His love."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:3",
"text": "And His circumcising became my salvation, and I ran in the Way, in His peace, in the way of truth."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:4",
"text": "From the beginning until the end I received His knowledge."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:5",
"text": "And I was established upon the rock of truth, where He had set me."
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:6",
"text": "And speaking waters touched my lips from the fountain of the Lord generously."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:7",
"text": "And so I drank and became intoxicated, from the living water that does not die."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:8",
"text": "And my intoxication did not cause ignorance, but I abandoned vanity,"
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:9",
"text": "And turned toward the Most High, my God, and was enriched by His favors."
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:10",
"text": "And I rejected the folly cast upon the earth, and stripped it off and cast it from me."
},
{
"verse": 11,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:11",
"text": "And the Lord renewed me with His garment, and possessed me by His light."
},
{
"verse": 12,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:12",
"text": "And from above He gave me immortal rest, and I became like the land that blossoms and rejoices in its fruits."
},
{
"verse": 13,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:13",
"text": "And the Lord is like the sun upon the face of the land."
},
{
"verse": 14,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:14",
"text": "My eyes were enlightened, and my face received the dew;"
},
{
"verse": 15,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:15",
"text": "And my breath was refreshed by the pleasant fragrance of the Lord."
},
{
"verse": 16,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:16",
"text": "And He took me to His Paradise, wherein is the wealth of the Lord's pleasure."
},
{
"verse": 17,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:17",
"text": "I beheld blooming and fruit-bearing trees,"
},
{
"verse": 18,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:18",
"text": "And self-grown was their crown."
},
{
"verse": 19,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:19",
"text": "Their branches were sprouting and their fruits were shining."
},
{
"verse": 20,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:20",
"text": "From an immortal land were their roots."
},
{
"verse": 21,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:21",
"text": "And a river of gladness was irrigating them,"
},
{
"verse": 22,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:22",
"text": "And round about them in the land of eternal life."
},
{
"verse": 23,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:23",
"text": "Then I worshipped the Lord because of His magnificence."
},
{
"verse": 24,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:24",
"text": "And I said, Blessed, O Lord, are they who are planted in Your land, and who have a place in Your Paradise;"
},
{
"verse": 25,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:25",
"text": "And who grow in the growth of Your trees, and have passed from darkness into light."
},
{
"verse": 26,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:26",
"text": "Behold, all Your laborers are fair, they who work good works, and turn from wickedness to your pleasantness."
},
{
"verse": 27,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:27",
"text": "For the pungent odor of the trees is changed in Your land,"
},
{
"verse": 28,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:28",
"text": "And everything becomes a remnant of Yourself. Blessed are the workers of Your waters, and eternal memorials of Your faithful servants."
},
{
"verse": 29,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:29",
"text": "Indeed, there is much room in Your Paradise. And there is nothing in it which is barren, but everything is filled with fruit."
},
{
"verse": 30,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:30",
"text": "Glory be to You, O God, the delight of Paradise for ever."
},
{
"verse": 31,
"chapter": 11,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 11:31",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 12,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 12",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 12,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 12:1",
"text": "He has filled me with words of truth, that I may proclaim Him."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 12,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 12:2",
"text": "And like the flowing of waters, truth flows from my mouth, and my lips declare His fruits."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 12,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 12:3",
"text": "And He has caused His knowledge to abound in me, because the mouth of the Lord is the true Word, and the entrance of His light."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 12,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 12:4",
"text": "And the Most High has given Him to His generations, which are the interpreters of His beauty,"
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 12,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 12:5",
"text": "And the narrators of His glory,"
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 12,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 12:6",
"text": "And the confessors of His purpose,"
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 12,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 12:7",
"text": "And the preachers of His mind,"
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 12,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 12:8",
"text": "And the teachers of His works."
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 12,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 12:9",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 12,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 12:10",
"text": "He never falls but remains standing, and one cannot comprehend His descent or His way."
},
{
"verse": 11,
"chapter": 12,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 12:11",
"text": "For as His work is, so is His expectation, for He is the light and dawning of thought."
},
{
"verse": 12,
"chapter": 12,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 12:12",
"text": "And by Him the generations spoke to one another, and those that were silent acquired speech."
},
{
"verse": 13,
"chapter": 12,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 12:13",
"text": "And from Him came love and equality, and they spoke one to another that which was theirs."
},
{
"verse": 14,
"chapter": 12,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 12:14",
"text": "And they were stimulated by the Word, and knew Him who made them, because they were in harmony."
},
{
"verse": 15,
"chapter": 12,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 12:15",
"text": "For the mouth of the Most High spoke to them, and His exposition prospered through Him."
},
{
"verse": 16,
"chapter": 12,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 12:16",
"text": "For the dwelling place of the Word is man, and His truth is love."
},
{
"verse": 17,
"chapter": 12,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 12:17",
"text": "Blessed are they who by means of Him have perceived everything, and have known the Lord in His truth."
},
{
"verse": 18,
"chapter": 12,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 12:18",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 13,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 13",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 13,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 13:1",
"text": "Behold, the Lord is our mirror. Open your eyes and see them in Him."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 13,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 13:2",
"text": "And learn the manner of your face, then declare praises to His Spirit."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 13,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 13:3",
"text": "And wipe the paint from your face, and love His holiness and put it on."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 13:4",
"text": "Then you will be unblemished at all times with Him."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 13,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 13:5",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 14,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 14",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 14,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 14:1",
"text": "As the eyes of a son upon his father, so are my eyes, O Lord, at all times towards You."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 14,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 14:2",
"text": "Because my breasts and my pleasure are with You."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 14,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 14:3",
"text": "Turn not aside Your mercies from me, O Lord; and take not Your kindness from me."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 14,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 14:4",
"text": "Stretch out to me, my Lord, at all times, Your right hand, and be to me a guide till the end according to Your will."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 14,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 14:5",
"text": "Let me be pleasing before You, because of Your glory, and because of Your name let me be saved from the Evil One."
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 14,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 14:6",
"text": "And let Your gentleness, O Lord, abide with me, and the fruits of Your love."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 14,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 14:7",
"text": "Teach me the odes of Your truth, that I may produce fruits in You."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 14,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 14:8",
"text": "And open to me the harp of Your Holy Spirit, so that with every note I may praise You, O Lord."
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 14,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 14:9",
"text": "And according to the multitude of Your mercies, so grant unto me, and hasten to grant our petitions."
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 14,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 14:10",
"text": "For You are sufficient for all our needs."
},
{
"verse": 11,
"chapter": 14,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 14:11",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 15,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 15",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 15,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 15:1",
"text": "As the sun is the joy of them who seek its daybreak, so is my joy the Lord;"
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 15,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 15:2",
"text": "Because He is my Sun, and His rays have lifted me up; and His light has dismissed all darkness from my face."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 15,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 15:3",
"text": "Eyes I have obtained in Him, and have seen His holy day."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 15,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 15:4",
"text": "Ears I have acquired, and have heard His truth."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 15,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 15:5",
"text": "The thought of knowledge I have acquired, and have enjoyed delight fully through Him."
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 15,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 15:6",
"text": "I repudiated the way of error, and went towards Him and received salvation from Him abundantly."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 15,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 15:7",
"text": "And according to His generosity He gave to me, and according to His excellent beauty He made me."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 15,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 15:8",
"text": "I put on immortality through His name, and took off corruption by His grace."
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 15,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 15:9",
"text": "Death has been destroyed before my face, and Sheol has been vanquished by my word."
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 15,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 15:10",
"text": "And eternal life has arisen in the Lord's land, and it has been declared to His faithful ones, and has been given without limit to all that trust in Him."
},
{
"verse": 11,
"chapter": 15,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 15:11",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 16,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 16",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 16,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 16:1",
"text": "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 psalm of the Lord by His hymns."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 16,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 16:2",
"text": "My art and my service are in His hymns, because His love has nourished my heart, and His fruits He poured unto my lips."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 16,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 16:3",
"text": "For my love is the Lord; hence I will sing unto Him."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 16,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 16:4",
"text": "For I am strengthened by His praises, and I have faith in Him."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 16,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 16:5",
"text": "I will open my mouth, and His Spirit will speak through me the glory of the Lord and His beauty,"
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 16,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 16:6",
"text": "The work of His hands, and the labor of His fingers;"
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 16,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 16:7",
"text": "For the multitude of His mercies, and the strength of His Word."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 16,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 16:8",
"text": "For the Word of the Lord investigates that which is invisible, and reveals His thought."
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 16,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 16:9",
"text": "For the eye sees His works, and the ear hears His thought."
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 16,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 16:10",
"text": "It is He who made the earth broad, and placed the waters in the sea."
},
{
"verse": 11,
"chapter": 16,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 16:11",
"text": "He expanded the heaven, and fixed the stars."
},
{
"verse": 12,
"chapter": 16,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 16:12",
"text": "And He fixed the creation and set it up, then He rested from His works."
},
{
"verse": 13,
"chapter": 16,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 16:13",
"text": "And created things run according to their courses, and work their works, for they can never cease nor fail."
},
{
"verse": 14,
"chapter": 16,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 16:14",
"text": "And the hosts are subject to His Word."
},
{
"verse": 15,
"chapter": 16,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 16:15",
"text": "The reservoir of light is the sun, and the reservoir of darkness is the night."
},
{
"verse": 16,
"chapter": 16,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 16:16",
"text": "For He made the sun for the day so that it will be light; but night brings darkness over the face of the earth."
},
{
"verse": 17,
"chapter": 16,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 16:17",
"text": "And by their portion one from another they complete the beauty of God."
},
{
"verse": 18,
"chapter": 16,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 16:18",
"text": "And there is nothing outside of the Lord, because He was before anything came to be."
},
{
"verse": 19,
"chapter": 16,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 16:19",
"text": "And the worlds are by His Word, and by the thought of His heart."
},
{
"verse": 20,
"chapter": 16,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 16:20",
"text": "Praise and honor to His name."
},
{
"verse": 21,
"chapter": 16,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 16:21",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 17,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 17",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 17,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 17:1",
"text": "Then I was crowned by my God, and my crown was living."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 17,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 17:2",
"text": "And I was justified by my Lord, for my salvation is incorruptible."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 17,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 17:3",
"text": "I have been freed from vanities, and am not condemned."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 17,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 17:4",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 17,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 17:5",
"text": "And the thought of truth led me, and I went after it and wandered not."
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 17,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 17:6",
"text": "And all who saw me were amazed, and I seemed to them like a stranger."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 17,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 17:7",
"text": "And He who knew and exalted me, is the Most High in all His perfection."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 17,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 17:8",
"text": "And He glorified me by His kindness, and raised my understanding to the height of truth."
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 17,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 17:9",
"text": "And from there He gave me the way of His steps, and I opened the doors which were closed."
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 17,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 17:10",
"text": "And I shattered the bars of iron, for my own shackles had grown hot and melted before me."
},
{
"verse": 11,
"chapter": 17,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 17:11",
"text": "And nothing appeared closed to me, because I was the opening of everything."
},
{
"verse": 12,
"chapter": 17,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 17:12",
"text": "And I went towards all my bound ones in order to loose them; that I might not leave anyone bound or binding."
},
{
"verse": 13,
"chapter": 17,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 17:13",
"text": "And I gave my knowledge generously, and my resurrection through my love."
},
{
"verse": 14,
"chapter": 17,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 17:14",
"text": "And I sowed my fruits in hearts, and transformed them through myself."
},
{
"verse": 15,
"chapter": 17,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 17:15",
"text": "Then they received my blessing and lived, and they were gathered to me and were saved;"
},
{
"verse": 16,
"chapter": 17,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 17:16",
"text": "Because they became my members, and I was their Head."
},
{
"verse": 17,
"chapter": 17,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 17:17",
"text": "Glory to You, our Head, O Lord Messiah."
},
{
"verse": 18,
"chapter": 17,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 17:18",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 18,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 18",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 18,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 18:1",
"text": "My heart was lifted up and enriched in the love of the Most High, so that I might praise Him with my name."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 18,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 18:2",
"text": "My members were strengthened, that they may not fall from His power."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 18,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 18:3",
"text": "Infirmities fled from my body, and it stood firm for the Lord by His will; because His kingdom is firm."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 18,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 18:4",
"text": "O Lord, for the sake of those who are in need, do not dismiss Your Word from me."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 18,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 18:5",
"text": "Nor, for the sake of their works, withhold Your perfection from me."
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 18,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 18:6",
"text": "Let not light be conquered by darkness, nor let truth flee from falsehood."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 18,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 18:7",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 18,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 18:8",
"text": "You are my God, falsehood and death are not in Your mouth; only perfection is Your will."
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 18,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 18:9",
"text": "And vanity You know not, because neither does it know You."
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 18,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 18:10",
"text": "And You know not error; because neither does it know You."
},
{
"verse": 11,
"chapter": 18,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 18:11",
"text": "And ignorance appeared like dust, and like the foam of the sea."
},
{
"verse": 12,
"chapter": 18,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 18:12",
"text": "And vain people thought that it was great, and they became like its type and were impoverished."
},
{
"verse": 13,
"chapter": 18,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 18:13",
"text": "But those who knew understood and contemplated, and were not polluted by their thoughts;"
},
{
"verse": 14,
"chapter": 18,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 18:14",
"text": "Because they were in the mind of the Most High, and mocked those who were walking in error."
},
{
"verse": 15,
"chapter": 18,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 18:15",
"text": "Then they spoke the truth, from the breath which the Most High breathed into them."
},
{
"verse": 16,
"chapter": 18,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 18:16",
"text": "Praise and great honor to His name."
},
{
"verse": 17,
"chapter": 18,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 18:17",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 19,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 19",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 19,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 19:1",
"text": "A cup of milk was offered to me, and I drank it in the sweetness of the Lord's kindness."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 19,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 19:2",
"text": "The Son is the cup, and the Father is He who was milked; and the Holy Spirit is She who milked Him;"
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 19,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 19:3",
"text": "Because His breasts were full, and it was undesirable that His milk should be ineffectually released."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 19,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 19:4",
"text": "The Holy Spirit opened Her bosom, and mixed the milk of the two breasts of the Father."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 19,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 19:5",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 19,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 19:6",
"text": "The womb of the Virgin took it, and she received conception and gave birth."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 19,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 19:7",
"text": "So the Virgin became a mother with great mercies."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 19,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 19:8",
"text": "And she labored and bore the Son but without pain, because it did not occur without purpose."
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 19,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 19:9",
"text": "And she did not require a midwife, because He caused her to give life."
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 19,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 19:10",
"text": "She brought forth like a strong man with desire, and she bore according to the manifestation, and she acquired according to the Great Power."
},
{
"verse": 11,
"chapter": 19,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 19:11",
"text": "And she loved with redemption, and guarded with kindness, and declared with grandeur."
},
{
"verse": 12,
"chapter": 19,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 19:12",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 20,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 20",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 20,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 20:1",
"text": "I am a priest of the Lord, and Him I serve as a priest;"
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 20,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 20:2",
"text": "And to Him I offer the offering of His thought."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 20,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 20:3",
"text": "For His thought is not like the world, nor like the flesh, nor like them who worship according to the flesh."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 20,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 20:4",
"text": "The offering of the Lord is righteousness, and purity of heart and lips."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 20,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 20:5",
"text": "Offer your inward being faultlessly; and let not your compassion oppress compassion; and let not yourself oppress a self."
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 20,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 20:6",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 20,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 20:7",
"text": "But put on the grace of the Lord generously, and come to His Paradise, and make for yourself a garland from His tree."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 20,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 20:8",
"text": "Then put it on your head and be joyful, and recline upon His rest."
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 20,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 20:9",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 20,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 20:10",
"text": "Praise and honor to His name."
},
{
"verse": 11,
"chapter": 20,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 20:11",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 21,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 21",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 21,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 21:1",
"text": "I lifted up my arms on high on account of the compassion of the Lord."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 21,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 21:2",
"text": "Because He cast off my bonds from me, and my Helper lifted me up according to His compassion and His salvation."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 21,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 21:3",
"text": "And I put off darkness, and put on light."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 21,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 21:4",
"text": "And even I myself acquired members. In them there was no sickness or affliction or suffering."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 21,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 21:5",
"text": "And abundantly helpful to me was the thought of the Lord, and His everlasting fellowship."
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 21,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 21:6",
"text": "And I was lifted up in the light, and I passed before Him."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 21,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 21:7",
"text": "And I was constantly near Him, while praising and confessing Him."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 21,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 21:8",
"text": "He caused my heart to overflow, and it was found in my mouth; and it sprang forth unto my lips."
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 21,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 21:9",
"text": "Then upon my face increased the exultation of the Lord and His praise."
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 21,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 21:10",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 22,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 22",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 22,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 22:1",
"text": "He who caused me to descend from on high, and to ascend from the regions below;"
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 22,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 22:2",
"text": "And He who gathers what is in the Middle, and throws them to me;"
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 22,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 22:3",
"text": "He who scattered my enemies, and my adversaries;"
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 22,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 22:4",
"text": "He who gave me authority over bonds, so that I might unbind them;"
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 22,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 22:5",
"text": "He who overthrew by my hands the dragon with seven heads, and set me at his roots that I might destroy his seed;"
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 22,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 22:6",
"text": "You were there and helped me, and in every place Your name surrounded me."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 22,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 22:7",
"text": "Your right hand destroyed his evil venom, and Your hand leveled the Way for those who believe in You."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 22,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 22:8",
"text": "And It chose them from the graves, and separated them from the dead ones."
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 22,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 22:9",
"text": "It took dead bones and covered them with flesh."
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 22,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 22:10",
"text": "But they were motionless, so It gave them energy for life."
},
{
"verse": 11,
"chapter": 22,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 22:11",
"text": "Incorruptible was Your way and Your face; You have brought Your world to corruption, that everything might be resolved and renewed."
},
{
"verse": 12,
"chapter": 22,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 22:12",
"text": "And the foundation of everything is Your rock. And upon it You have built Your kingdom, and it became the dwelling-place of the holy ones."
},
{
"verse": 13,
"chapter": 22,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 22:13",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 23,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 23",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 23,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 23:1",
"text": "Joy is for the holy ones. And who shall put it on but they alone?"
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 23,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 23:2",
"text": "Grace is for the elect ones. And who shall receive it but they who trusted in it from the beginning?"
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 23,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 23:3",
"text": "Love is for the elect ones. And who shall put it on but they who possessed it from the beginning?"
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 23,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 23:4",
"text": "Walk in the knowledge of the Lord, and you will know the grace of the Lord generously; both for His exultation and for the perfection of His knowledge."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 23,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 23:5",
"text": "And His thought was like a letter, and His will descended from on high."
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 23,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 23:6",
"text": "And it was sent like an arrow which from a bow has been forcibly shot."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 23,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 23:7",
"text": "And many hands rushed to the letter, in order to catch it, then take and read it."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 23,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 23:8",
"text": "But it escaped from their fingers; and they were afraid of it and of the seal which was upon it."
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 23,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 23:9",
"text": "Because they were not allowed to loosen its seal; for the power which was over the seal was greater than they."
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 23,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 23:10",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": 11,
"chapter": 23,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 23:11",
"text": "But a wheel received it, and it came over it."
},
{
"verse": 12,
"chapter": 23,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 23:12",
"text": "And a sign was with it, of the kingdom and of providence."
},
{
"verse": 13,
"chapter": 23,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 23:13",
"text": "And everything which was disturbing the wheel, it mowed and cut down."
},
{
"verse": 14,
"chapter": 23,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 23:14",
"text": "And it restrained a multitude of adversaries; and bridged rivers."
},
{
"verse": 15,
"chapter": 23,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 23:15",
"text": "And it crossed over and uprooted many forests, and made an open way."
},
{
"verse": 16,
"chapter": 23,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 23:16",
"text": "The head went down to the feet, because unto the feet ran the wheel, and whatever had come upon it."
},
{
"verse": 17,
"chapter": 23,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 23:17",
"text": "The letter was one of command, and hence all regions were gathered together."
},
{
"verse": 18,
"chapter": 23,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 23:18",
"text": "And there was seen at its head, the head which was revealed, even the Son of Truth from the Most High Father."
},
{
"verse": 19,
"chapter": 23,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 23:19",
"text": "And He inherited and possessed everything, and then the scheming of the many ceased."
},
{
"verse": 20,
"chapter": 23,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 23:20",
"text": "Then all the seducers became headstrong and fled, and the persecutors became extinct and were blotted out."
},
{
"verse": 21,
"chapter": 23,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 23:21",
"text": "And the letter became a large volume, which was entirely written by the finger of God."
},
{
"verse": 22,
"chapter": 23,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 23:22",
"text": "And the name of the Father was upon it; and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, to rule for ever and ever."
},
{
"verse": 23,
"chapter": 23,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 23:23",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 24,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 24",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 24,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 24:1",
"text": "The dove fluttered over the head of our Lord Messiah, because He was her head."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 24,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 24:2",
"text": "And she sang over Him, and her voice was heard."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 24,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 24:3",
"text": "Then the inhabitants were afraid, and the foreigners were disturbed."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 24,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 24:4",
"text": "The bird began to fly, and every creeping thing died in its hole."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 24,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 24:5",
"text": "And the chasms were opened and closed; and they were seeking the Lord as those who are about to give birth."
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 24,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 24:6",
"text": "But He was not given to them for nourishment, because He did not belong to them."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 24,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 24:7",
"text": "But the chasms were submerged in the seal of the Lord, and they perished in the thought with which they had remained from the beginning."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 24,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 24:8",
"text": "For they were in labor from the beginning, and the end of their travail was life."
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 24,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 24:9",
"text": "And all of them who were lacking perished, because they were not able to express the word so that they might remain."
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 24,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 24:10",
"text": "And the Lord destroyed the devices, of all those who had not the truth with them."
},
{
"verse": 11,
"chapter": 24,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 24:11",
"text": "For they were lacking in wisdom, they who exalted themselves in their mind."
},
{
"verse": 12,
"chapter": 24,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 24:12",
"text": "So they were rejected, because the truth was not with them."
},
{
"verse": 13,
"chapter": 24,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 24:13",
"text": "For the Lord revealed His way, and spread widely His grace."
},
{
"verse": 14,
"chapter": 24,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 24:14",
"text": "And those who understood it knew His holiness."
},
{
"verse": 15,
"chapter": 24,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 24:15",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 25,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 25",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 25,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 25:1",
"text": "I was rescued from my chains, and I fled unto You, O my God."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 25,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 25:2",
"text": "Because You are the right hand of salvation, and my Helper."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 25,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 25:3",
"text": "You have restrained those who rise up against me, and no more were they seen."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 25,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 25:4",
"text": "Because Your face was with me, which saved me by Your grace."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 25,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 25:5",
"text": "But I was despised and rejected in the eyes of many, and I was in their eyes like lead."
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 25,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 25:6",
"text": "And I acquired strength from You, and help."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 25,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 25:7",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 25,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 25:8",
"text": "And I was covered with the covering of Your Spirit, and I removed from me my garments of skin."
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 25,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 25:9",
"text": "Because Your right hand exalted me, and caused sickness to pass from me."
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 25,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 25:10",
"text": "And I became mighty in Your truth, and holy in Your righteousness."
},
{
"verse": 11,
"chapter": 25,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 25:11",
"text": "And all my adversaries were afraid of me, and I became the Lord's by the name of the Lord."
},
{
"verse": 12,
"chapter": 25,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 25:12",
"text": "And I was justified by His kindness, and His rest is for ever and ever."
},
{
"verse": 13,
"chapter": 25,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 25:13",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 26,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 26",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 26,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 26:1",
"text": "I poured out praise to the Lord, because I am His own."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 26,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 26:2",
"text": "And I will recite His holy ode, because my heart is with Him."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 26,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 26:3",
"text": "For His harp is in my hand, and the odes of His rest shall not be silent."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 26,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 26:4",
"text": "I will call unto Him with all my heart, I will praise and exalt Him with all my members."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 26,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 26:5",
"text": "For from the East and unto the West is His praise;"
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 26,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 26:6",
"text": "Also from the South and unto the North is His thanksgiving."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 26,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 26:7",
"text": "Even from the crest of the summits and unto their extremity is His perfection."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 26,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 26:8",
"text": "Who can write the odes of the Lord, or who can read them?"
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 26,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 26:9",
"text": "Or who can train himself for life, so that he himself may be saved?"
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 26,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 26:10",
"text": "Or who can press upon the Most High, so that He would recite from His mouth?"
},
{
"verse": 11,
"chapter": 26,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 26:11",
"text": "Who can interpret the wonders of the Lord? Though he who interprets will be destroyed, yet that which was interpreted will remain."
},
{
"verse": 12,
"chapter": 26,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 26:12",
"text": "For it suffices to perceive and be satisfied, for the odists stand in serenity;"
},
{
"verse": 13,
"chapter": 26,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 26:13",
"text": "Like a river which has an increasingly gushing spring, and flows to the relief of them that seek it."
},
{
"verse": 14,
"chapter": 26,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 26:14",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 27,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 27",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 27,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 27:1",
"text": "I extended my hands and hallowed my Lord,"
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 27,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 27:2",
"text": "For the expansion of my hands is His sign."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 27,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 27:3",
"text": "And my extension is the upright cross."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 27,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 27:4",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 28,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 28",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 28,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 28:1",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 28,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 28:2",
"text": "My heart continually refreshes itself and leaps for joy, like the babe who leaps for joy in his mother's womb."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 28,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 28:3",
"text": "I trusted, consequently I was at rest; because trustful is He in whom I trusted."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 28,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 28:4",
"text": "He has greatly blessed me, and my head is with Him."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 28,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 28:5",
"text": "And the dagger shall not divide me from Him, nor the sword;"
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 28,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 28:6",
"text": "Because I am ready before destruction comes, and have been set on His immortal side."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 28,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 28:7",
"text": "And immortal life embraced me, and kissed me."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 28,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 28:8",
"text": "And from that life is the Spirit which is within me. And it cannot die because it is life."
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 28,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 28:9",
"text": "Those who saw me were amazed, because I was persecuted."
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 28,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 28:10",
"text": "And they thought that I had been swallowed up, because I seemed to them as one of the lost."
},
{
"verse": 11,
"chapter": 28,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 28:11",
"text": "But my injustice became my salvation."
},
{
"verse": 12,
"chapter": 28,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 28:12",
"text": "And I became their abomination, because there was no jealousy in me."
},
{
"verse": 13,
"chapter": 28,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 28:13",
"text": "Because I continually did good to every man I was hated."
},
{
"verse": 14,
"chapter": 28,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 28:14",
"text": "And they surrounded me like mad dogs, those who in stupidity attack their masters."
},
{
"verse": 15,
"chapter": 28,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 28:15",
"text": "Because their thought is depraved, and their mind is perverted."
},
{
"verse": 16,
"chapter": 28,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 28:16",
"text": "But I was carrying water in my right hand, and their bitterness I endured by my sweetness."
},
{
"verse": 17,
"chapter": 28,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 28:17",
"text": "And I did not perish, because I was not their brother, nor was my birth like theirs."
},
{
"verse": 18,
"chapter": 28,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 28:18",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": 19,
"chapter": 28,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 28:19",
"text": "And those who were after me sought in vain to destroy the memorial of Him who was before them."
},
{
"verse": 20,
"chapter": 28,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 28:20",
"text": "Because the thought of the Most High cannot be prepossessed; and His heart is superior to all wisdom."
},
{
"verse": 21,
"chapter": 28,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 28:21",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 29,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 29",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 29,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 29:1",
"text": "The Lord is my hope, I shall not be ashamed of Him."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 29,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 29:2",
"text": "For according to His praise He made me, and according to His grace even so He gave to me."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 29,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 29:3",
"text": "And according to His mercies He exalted me, and according to His great honor He lifted me up."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 29,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 29:4",
"text": "And he caused me to ascend from the depths of Sheol, and from the mouth of death He drew me."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 29,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 29:5",
"text": "And I humbled my enemies, and He justified me by His grace."
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 29,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 29:6",
"text": "For I believed in the Lord's Messiah, and considered that He is the Lord."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 29,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 29:7",
"text": "And He revealed to me His sign, and He led me by His light."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 29,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 29:8",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 29,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 29:9",
"text": "To make war by His Word, and to take victory by His power."
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 29,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 29:10",
"text": "And the Lord overthrew my enemy by His Word, and he became like the dust which a breeze carries off."
},
{
"verse": 11,
"chapter": 29,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 29:11",
"text": "And I gave praise to the Most High, because He has magnified His servant and the son of His maidservant."
},
{
"verse": 12,
"chapter": 29,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 29:12",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 30,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 30",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 30,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 30:1",
"text": "Fill for yourselves water from the living fountain of the Lord, because it has been opened for you."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 30,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 30:2",
"text": "And come all you thirsty and take a drink, and rest beside the fountain of the Lord."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 30,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 30:3",
"text": "Because it is pleasing and sparkling, and perpetually refreshes the self."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 30,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 30:4",
"text": "For much sweeter is its water than honey, and the honeycomb of bees is not to be compared with it;"
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 30,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 30:5",
"text": "Because it flowed from the lips of the Lord, and it named from the heart of the Lord."
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 30,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 30:6",
"text": "And it came boundless and invisible, and until it was set in the middle they knew it not."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 30,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 30:7",
"text": "Blessed are they who have drunk from it, and have refreshed themselves by it."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 30,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 30:8",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 31,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 31",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 31,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 31:1",
"text": "Chasms vanished before the Lord, and darkness dissipated before His appearance."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 31,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 31:2",
"text": "Error erred and perished on account of Him; and contempt received no path, for it was submerged by the truth of the Lord."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 31,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 31:3",
"text": "He opened His mouth and spoke grace and joy; and recited a new chant to His name."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 31,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 31:4",
"text": "Then He lifted his voice towards the Most High, and offered to Him those that had become sons through Him."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 31,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 31:5",
"text": "And His face was justified, because thus His Holy Father had given to Him."
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 31,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 31:6",
"text": "Come forth, you who have been afflicted, and receive joy."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 31,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 31:7",
"text": "And possess yourselves through grace, and take unto you immortal life."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 31,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 31:8",
"text": "And they condemned me when I stood up, me who had not been condemned."
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 31,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 31:9",
"text": "Then they divided my spoil, though nothing was owed them."
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 31,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 31:10",
"text": "But I endured and held my peace and was silent, that I might not be disturbed by them."
},
{
"verse": 11,
"chapter": 31,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 31:11",
"text": "But I stood undisturbed like a solid rock, which is continuously pounded by columns of waves and endures."
},
{
"verse": 12,
"chapter": 31,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 31:12",
"text": "And I bore their bitterness because of humility; that I might redeem my nation and instruct it."
},
{
"verse": 13,
"chapter": 31,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 31:13",
"text": "And that I might not nullify the promises to the patriarchs, to whom I was promised for the salvation of their offspring."
},
{
"verse": 14,
"chapter": 31,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 31:14",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 32,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 32",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 32,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 32:1",
"text": "To the blessed ones the joy is from their heart, and light from Him who dwells in them;"
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 32,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 32:2",
"text": "And the Word of truth who is self-originate,"
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 32,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 32:3",
"text": "Because He has been strengthened by the Holy Power of the Most High; and He is unshaken for ever and ever."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 32,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 32:4",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 33,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 33",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 33,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 33:1",
"text": "But again Grace was swift and dismissed the Corruptor, and descended upon him to renounce him."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 33,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 33:2",
"text": "And he caused utter destruction before him, and corrupted all his work."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 33,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 33:3",
"text": "And he stood on the peak of a summit and cried aloud from one end of the earth to the other."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 33,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 33:4",
"text": "Then he drew to him all those who obeyed him, for he did not appear as the Evil One."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 33,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 33:5",
"text": "However, the perfect Virgin stood, who was preaching and summoning and saying:"
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 33,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 33:6",
"text": "O you sons of men, return, and you their daughters, come."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 33,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 33:7",
"text": "And leave the ways of that Corruptor, and approach me."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 33,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 33:8",
"text": "And I will enter into you, and bring you forth from destruction, and make you wise in the ways of truth."
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 33,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 33:9",
"text": "Be not corrupted nor perish."
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 33,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 33:10",
"text": "Obey me and be saved, for I am proclaiming unto you the grace of God."
},
{
"verse": 11,
"chapter": 33,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 33:11",
"text": "And through me you will be saved and become blessed. I am your judge;"
},
{
"verse": 12,
"chapter": 33,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 33:12",
"text": "And they who have put me on shall not be falsely accused, but they shall possess incorruption in the new world."
},
{
"verse": 13,
"chapter": 33,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 33:13",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": 14,
"chapter": 33,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 33:14",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 34,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 34",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 34,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 34:1",
"text": "There is no hard way where there is a simple heart, nor barrier for upright thoughts,"
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 34,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 34:2",
"text": "Nor whirlwind in the depth of the enlightened thought."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 34,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 34:3",
"text": "Where one is surrounded on every side by pleasing country, there is nothing divided in him."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 34,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 34:4",
"text": "The likeness of that which is below is that which is above."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 34,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 34:5",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 34,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 34:6",
"text": "Grace has been revealed for your salvation. Believe and live and be saved."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 34,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 34:7",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 35,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 35",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 35,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 35:1",
"text": "The gentle showers of the Lord overshadowed me with serenity, and they caused a cloud of peace to rise over my head;"
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 35,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 35:2",
"text": "That it might guard me at all times. And it became salvation to me."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 35,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 35:3",
"text": "Everyone was disturbed and afraid, and there came from them smoke and judgment."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 35,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 35:4",
"text": "But I was tranquil in the Lord's legion; more than shade was He to me, and more than foundation."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 35,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 35:5",
"text": "And I was carried like a child by its mother; and He gave me milk, the dew of the Lord."
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 35,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 35:6",
"text": "And I was enriched by His favor, and rested in His perfection."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 35,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 35:7",
"text": "And I spread out my hands in the ascent of myself, and I directed myself towards the Most High, and I was redeemed towards Him."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 35,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 35:8",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 36,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 36",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 36,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 36:1",
"text": "I rested on the Spirit of the Lord, and She lifted me up to heaven;"
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 36,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 36:2",
"text": "And caused me to stand on my feet in the Lord's high place, before His perfection and His glory, where I continued glorifying Him by the composition of His Odes."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 36,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 36:3",
"text": "The Spirit brought me forth before the Lord's face, and because I was the Son of Man, I was named the Light, the Son of God;"
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 36,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 36:4",
"text": "Because I was the most glorified among the glorious ones, and the greatest among the great ones."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 36,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 36:5",
"text": "For according to the greatness of the Most High, so She made me; and according to His newness He renewed me."
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 36,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 36:6",
"text": "And He anointed me with His perfection; and I became one of those who are near Him."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 36,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 36:7",
"text": "And my mouth was opened like a cloud of dew, and my heart gushed forth like a gusher of righteousness."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 36,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 36:8",
"text": "And my approach was in peace, and I was established in the Spirit of Providence."
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 36,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 36:9",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 37,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 37",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 37,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 37:1",
"text": "I stretched out my hands towards the Lord, and towards the Most High I raised my voice."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 37,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 37:2",
"text": "And I spoke with the lips of my heart, and He heard me when my voice reached Him."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 37,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 37:3",
"text": "His Word came towards me, in order to give me the fruits of my labors;"
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 37,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 37:4",
"text": "And gave me rest by the grace of the Lord."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 37,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 37:5",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 38,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 38",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 38,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 38:1",
"text": "I went up into the light of Truth as into a chariot, and the Truth led me and caused me to come."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 38,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 38:2",
"text": "And caused me to pass over chasms and gulfs, and saved me from cliffs and valleys."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 38,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 38:3",
"text": "And became for me a haven of salvation, and set me on the place of immortal life."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 38,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 38:4",
"text": "And He went with me and caused me to rest and did not allow me to err; because He was and is the Truth."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 38,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 38:5",
"text": "And there was no danger for me because I constantly walked with Him; and I did not err in anything because I obeyed Him."
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 38,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 38:6",
"text": "For Error fled from Him, and never met Him."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 38,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 38:7",
"text": "But Truth was proceeding on the upright way, and whatever I did not understand He exhibited to me:"
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 38,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 38:8",
"text": "All the poisons of error, and pains of death which are considered sweetness."
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 38,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 38:9",
"text": "And the corrupting of the Corruptor, I saw when the bride who was corrupting was adorned, and the bridegroom who corrupts and is corrupted."
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 38,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 38:10",
"text": "And I asked the Truth, Who are these? And He said to me: This is the Deceiver and the Error."
},
{
"verse": 11,
"chapter": 38,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 38:11",
"text": "And they imitate the Beloved and His Bride, and they cause the world to err and corrupt it."
},
{
"verse": 12,
"chapter": 38,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 38:12",
"text": "And they invite many to the wedding feast, and allow them to drink the wine of their intoxication;"
},
{
"verse": 13,
"chapter": 38,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 38:13",
"text": "So they cause them to vomit up their wisdom and their knowledge, and prepare for them mindlessness."
},
{
"verse": 14,
"chapter": 38,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 38:14",
"text": "Then they abandon them; and so they stumble about like mad and corrupted men."
},
{
"verse": 15,
"chapter": 38,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 38:15",
"text": "Since there is no understanding in them, neither do they seek it."
},
{
"verse": 16,
"chapter": 38,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 38:16",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": 17,
"chapter": 38,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 38:17",
"text": "For I was established and lived and was redeemed, and my foundations were laid on account of the Lord's hand; because He has planted me."
},
{
"verse": 18,
"chapter": 38,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 38:18",
"text": "For He set the root, and watered it and endowed it and blessed it, and its fruits will be forever."
},
{
"verse": 19,
"chapter": 38,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 38:19",
"text": "It penetrated deeply and sprang up and spread out, and it was full and was enlarged."
},
{
"verse": 20,
"chapter": 38,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 38:20",
"text": "And the Lord alone was glorified, in His planting and in His cultivation;"
},
{
"verse": 21,
"chapter": 38,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 38:21",
"text": "In His care and in the blessing of His lips, in the beautiful planting of His right hand;"
},
{
"verse": 22,
"chapter": 38,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 38:22",
"text": "And in the attainment of His planting, and in the understanding of His mind."
},
{
"verse": 23,
"chapter": 38,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 38:23",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 39,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 39",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 39,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 39:1",
"text": "Raging rivers are the power of the Lord; they send headlong those who despise Him."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 39,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 39:2",
"text": "And entangle their paths, and destroy their crossings."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 39,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 39:3",
"text": "And snatch their bodies, and corrupt their natures."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 39,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 39:4",
"text": "For they are more swift than lightnings, even more rapid."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 39,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 39:5",
"text": "But those who cross them in faith shall not be disturbed."
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 39,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 39:6",
"text": "And those who walk on them faultlessly shall not be shaken."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 39,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 39:7",
"text": "Because the sign on them is the Lord, and the sign is the Way for those who cross in the name of the Lord."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 39,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 39:8",
"text": "Therefore, put on the name of the Most High and know Him, and you shall cross without danger; because rivers shall be obedient to you."
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 39,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 39:9",
"text": "The Lord has bridged them by His Word, and He walked and crossed them on foot."
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 39,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 39:10",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": 11,
"chapter": 39,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 39:11",
"text": "On this side and on that the waves were lifted up, but the footsteps of our Lord Messiah stand firm."
},
{
"verse": 12,
"chapter": 39,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 39:12",
"text": "And they are neither blotted out, nor destroyed."
},
{
"verse": 13,
"chapter": 39,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 39:13",
"text": "And the Way has been appointed for those who cross over after Him, and for those who adhere to the path of His faith; and who adore His name."
},
{
"verse": 14,
"chapter": 39,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 39:14",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 40,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 40",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 40,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 40:1",
"text": "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 my God."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 40,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 40:2",
"text": "As a fountain gushes forth its water, so my heart gushes forth the praise of the Lord, and my lips bring forth praise to Him."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 40,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 40:3",
"text": "And my tongue becomes sweet by His anthems, and my members are anointed by His odes."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 40,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 40:4",
"text": "My face rejoices in His exultation, and my spirit exults in His love, and my nature shines in Him."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 40,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 40:5",
"text": "And he who is afraid shall trust in Him, and redemption shall be assured in Him."
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 40,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 40:6",
"text": "And His possessions are immortal life, and those who receive it are incorruptible."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 40,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 40:7",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 41,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 41",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 41,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 41:1",
"text": "Let all the Lord's babes praise Him, and let us receive the truth of His faith."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 41,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 41:2",
"text": "And His children shall be acknowledged by Him, therefore let us sing by His love."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 41,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 41:3",
"text": "We live in the Lord by His grace, and life we receive by His Messiah."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 41,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 41:4",
"text": "For a great day has shined upon us, and wonderful is He who has given to us of His glory."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 41,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 41:5",
"text": "Let us, therefore, all of us agree in the name of the Lord, and let us honor Him in His goodness."
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 41,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 41:6",
"text": "And let our faces shine in His light, and let our hearts meditate in His love, by night and by day."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 41,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 41:7",
"text": "Let us exult with the exultation of the Lord."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 41,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 41:8",
"text": "All those who see me will be amazed, because I am from another race."
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 41,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 41:9",
"text": "For the Father of Truth remembered me; he who possessed me from the beginning."
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 41,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 41:10",
"text": "For His riches begat me, and the thought of His heart."
},
{
"verse": 11,
"chapter": 41,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 41:11",
"text": "And His Word is with us in all our way, the Savior who gives life and does not reject ourselves."
},
{
"verse": 12,
"chapter": 41,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 41:12",
"text": "The Man who humbled Himself, but was exalted because of His own righteousness."
},
{
"verse": 13,
"chapter": 41,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 41:13",
"text": "The Son of the Most High appeared in the perfection of His Father."
},
{
"verse": 14,
"chapter": 41,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 41:14",
"text": "And light dawned from the Word that was before time in Him."
},
{
"verse": 15,
"chapter": 41,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 41:15",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": 16,
"chapter": 41,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 41:16",
"text": "A new chant is for the Lord from them that love Him."
},
{
"verse": 17,
"chapter": 41,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 41:17",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 42,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 42",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 42,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 42:1",
"text": "I extended my hands and approached my Lord, for the expansion of my hands is His sign."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 42,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 42:2",
"text": "And my extension is the upright cross, that was lifted up on the way of the Righteous One."
},
{
"verse": 3,
"chapter": 42,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 42:3",
"text": "And I became useless to those who knew me not, because I shall hide myself from those who possessed me not."
},
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 42,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 42:4",
"text": "And I will be with those who love me."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 42,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 42:5",
"text": "All my persecutors have died, and they sought me, they who declared against me, because I am living."
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 42,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 42:6",
"text": "Then I arose and am with them, and will speak by their mouths."
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 42,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 42:7",
"text": "For they have rejected those who persecute them; and I threw over them the yoke of my love."
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 42,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 42:8",
"text": "Like the arm of the bridegroom over the bride, so is my yoke over those who know me."
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 42,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 42:9",
"text": "And as the bridal chamber is spread out by the bridal pair's home, so is my love by those who believe in me."
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 42,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 42:10",
"text": "I was not rejected although I was considered to be so, and I did not perish although they thought it of me."
},
{
"verse": 11,
"chapter": 42,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 42:11",
"text": "Sheol saw me and was shattered, and Death ejected me and many with me."
},
{
"verse": 12,
"chapter": 42,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 42:12",
"text": "I have been vinegar and bitterness to it, and I went down with it as far as its depth."
},
{
"verse": 13,
"chapter": 42,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 42:13",
"text": "Then the feet and the head it released, because it was not able to endure my face."
},
{
"verse": 14,
"chapter": 42,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 42:14",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": 15,
"chapter": 42,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 42:15",
"text": "And those who had died ran towards me; and they cried out and said, Son of God, have pity on us."
},
{
"verse": 16,
"chapter": 42,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 42:16",
"text": "And deal with us according to Your kindness, and bring us out from the bonds of darkness."
},
{
"verse": 17,
"chapter": 42,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 42:17",
"text": "And open for us the door by which we may come out to You; for we perceive that our death does not touch You."
},
{
"verse": 18,
"chapter": 42,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 42:18",
"text": "May we also be saved with You, because You are our Savior."
},
{
"verse": 19,
"chapter": 42,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 42:19",
"text": "Then I heard their voice, and placed their faith in my heart."
},
{
"verse": 20,
"chapter": 42,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 42:20",
"text": "And I placed my name upon their head, because they are free and they are mine."
},
{
"verse": 21,
"chapter": 42,
"name": "Odes of Solomon 42:21",
"text": "Hallelujah."
}
]
}
]
}
]
}