Odes of Solomon/Ode 25

Coptic text

You Set a Lamp at My Right and at My Left

¹ I was rescued from my bonds

and fled to you, O my God,

² because you were the right hand of my salvation

and my helper.

³ You have restrained those who rise against me,

and they were no more to be seen,

⁴ because your face was with me,

which saved me by your steadfast love.

⁵ But I was despised and rejected in the eyes of many,

and I was like worthless lead in their eyes.

⁶ And from you was my strength and help;

⁷ you set a lamp at my right and at my left,

so that all around me there will be nothing without light.

⁸ And I was clothed with the covering of your spirit,

and she removed from me my garments of skin.

⁹ Because your right hand lifted me up,

and you took away sickness from me.

¹⁰ And I grew strong in your truth,

and holy by your righteousness.

¹¹ And all my enemies grew afraid of me,

and I became the Lord’s by the Lord’s name,

¹² and I was justified by his kindness,

and his rest is forever and ever.

Hallelujah!

Syriac text

You Set a Lamp at My Right and at My Left

¹ I was rescued from my bonds;

I fled to you, O Lord.

² For you have been a right hand for me, saving me,

and saving me, and helping me.

³ You stopped those who rise against me

and they did not appear,

⁴ because your face was with me,

saving me by your favor.

⁵ I was despised before many, and they cast me out;

I became like worthless lead before them.

⁶ Your strength came to me, to help me.

⁷ For you have set lamps at my right and at my left,

so that no side of me would be without light.

⁸ You have sheltered me under the shadow of your mercy,

and I rose above the garments of skin.

⁹ Your right hand is what lifted me up,

and you have taken sickness away from me.

¹⁰ I became strong in your truth,

holy by your righteousness.

¹¹ Those who rise against me were driven far from me,

¹² and I was justified by your kindness,

because your rest is forever and ever.