17 Behold! all thy servants are fair, who do good works, and turn away from wickedness to the pleasantness that is thine: (ODE) 18 And they have turned back the bitterness of the trees from them, when they were planted in thy, land; (ODE) 19 And everything became like a relic of thyself, and memorial for ever of thy faithful works. (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 11:17–19
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