8 But I endured and held my peace and was silent, as if not, moved by them. (ODE) 9 But I stood unshaken like a firm rock which is beaten by the waves and endures. (ODE) 10 And I bore their bitterness for humility's sake: (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 31:8–10
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Odes of Solomon 28:12–14
12 For their thought is corrupt and their understanding perverted. (ODE) 13 But I was carrying water in my right hand, and their bitterness I endured by my sweetness; (ODE) 14 And I did not perish, for I was not their brother nor was my birth like theirs. (ODE)
Psalms 39:1–3
1 For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.” 2 I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking… 3 …
Psalms 39:8–10
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools. 9 I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done. 10 Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
Testament of Joseph 1:78–80
78 How often, though she were sick, did she come down to me at unlooked for times, and listened to my voice as I prayed! (T12) 79 And when I heard her groanings I held my peace. (T12) 80 For when I was in her house she was wont to bare her arms, and breasts, and legs, that I might… (T12)
Lamentations 3:19–21
19 Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall. 20 Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me. 21 Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:
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)
Odes of Solomon 7:6–8
6 He was reckoned like myself in order that I might put Him on; (ODE) 7 And I trembled not when I saw Him: because He was gracious to me: (ODE) 8 Like my nature He became that I might learn Him and like my form, that I might not turn back from Him: (ODE)
Psalms 38:13–15
13 But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth. 14 I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply. 15 I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
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