15 The treasure-chamber of the light is the sun, and the treasury of the darkness is the night: (ODE) 16 And He made the sun for the day that it may be bright, but night brings darkness over the face of the land; (ODE) 17 And their alternations one to the other speak the beauty of God: IS And there is nothing that is without the Lord; for He was before any thing came into being: 19 And the worlds were made by His word, and by the thought of His heart. Glory and honour to His name. Hallelujah. (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 16:15–17
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