3 My expansion is the outspread tree which was set up on the way of the Righteous One. (ODE) 4 And I became of no account to those who did not take hold of me; and I shall be with those who love me. (ODE) 5 All my persecutors are dead; and they sought after me who hoped in me, because I was alive: (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 42:3–5
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Odes of Solomon 5:3–5
3 Freely I have received thy grace, I shall live thereby: (ODE) 4 My persecutors will come and not see me: (ODE) 5 A cloud of darkness shall fall on their eyes; and an air of thick gloom shall darken them: (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 8:14–16
14 Love me with affection, ye who love: (ODE) 15 For I do not turn away my face from them that are mine; (ODE) 16 For I know them, and before they came into being I took knowledge of them, and on their faces I set my seal: (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 28:14–16
14 And I did not perish, for I was not their brother nor was my birth like theirs. (ODE) 15 And they sought for my death and did not find it: for I was older than the memorial of them; (ODE) 16 And vainly did they make attack upon me and those who, without reward, came after me: (ODE)
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)
Odes of Solomon 42:22–24
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)
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.
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 17:1–3
1 I was crowned by my God: my crown is living: (ODE) 2 And I was justified in my Lord: my incorruptible salvation is He. (ODE) 3 I was loosed from vanity, and I was not condemned: (ODE)
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