5 But I was despised and rejected in the eye of many: and I was in their eyes like lead, (ODE) 6 And strength was mine from thyself and help. (ODE) 7 Thou didst set me a lamp at my right hand and at my left: and in me there shall be nothing that is not bright: (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 25:5–7
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Job 29:2–4
2 “How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me, 3 when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness, 4 when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,
Odes of Solomon 21:4–6
4 And increasingly helpful to me was the thought of the Lord, and His fellowship in incorruption: (ODE) 5 And I was lifted up in His light; and I served before Him, (ODE) 6 And I became near to Him, praising and confessing Him; (ODE)
2 Samuel 22:28–30
28 You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down. 29 For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness. 30 For in You I can charge an army; with my God I can scale a wall.
Odes of Solomon 22:5–7
5 He that overthrew by my hands the dragon with seven heads: and thou hast set me over his roots that I might destroy his seed. (ODE) 6 Thou wast there and didst help me, and in every place thy name was a rampart me (ODE) 7 Thy right hand destroyed his wicked poison; and thy han… (ODE)
2 Samuel 22:35–37
35 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. 36 You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me. 37 You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
Odes of Solomon 28:8–10
8 They who saw me marvelled at me, because I was persecuted, and they supposed that I was swallowed up: for I seemed to them as one of the lost; (ODE) 9 And my oppression became my salvation; and I was their reprobation because there was no zeal in me; (ODE) 10 Because I did good… (ODE)
Psalms 71:6–8
6 I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always for You. 7 I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge. 8 My mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your splendor all day long.
Romans 2:18–20
18 if you know His will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law; 19 if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness, 20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law t…
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