15 Sheol saw me and was made miserable: (ODE) 16 Death cast me up, and many along with me. (ODE) 17 I had gall and bitterness, and I went down with him to the utmost of his depth: (ODE) 18 And the feet and the head he let go, for they were not able to endure my face: (ODE) 19 And I made a congregation of living men amongst his dead men, and I spake with them by living lips: (ODE) 20 Because my word shall not be void: (ODE) 21 And those who had died ran towards me: and they cried and said, Son of God, have pity on us, and do with us according to thy kindness, (ODE) 22 And bring us out from the bonds of darkness: and open to us the door by which we shall come out to thee. (ODE) 23 For we see that our death has not touched thee. (ODE) 24 Let us also be redeemed with thee: for thou art our Redeemer. (ODE) 25 And I heard their voice; and my name I sealed upon their heads: (ODE) 26 For they are free men and they are mine. Hallelujah. (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 42:15–26
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