Odes of Solomon/Ode 26
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- Who Can Compose the Odes of the Lord?
- 1 I poured out praise to the Lord,
- because I am his.
- 2 And I will recite his Kedushah ode,
- because my heart is with him.
- 3 For his lyre is in my hands,
- and the odes of his repose will never cease in silence.
- 4 I will call to him with all my heart;
- I will praise and exalt him with all my limbs.
- 5 For from the east to the west is his hymn,
- 6 and from the south to the north is his thanksgiving,
- 7 and from the top of the hills to their farthest reach is his fullness.
- 8 Who can compose the odes of the Lord,
- or who recite them?
- 9 Or who can teach (the Lord’s) soul to live,
- so that they would redeem (the Lord’s) soul?
- 10 Or what person could impose upon the Most High,
- so that with their mouth (the Most High) might speak?
- 11 Who is able to interpret the Lord’s Wonders?
- For because to interpret would be to interpret away oneself,
- and (the Lord’s Wonders) that had been interpreted would remain.
- 12 For it is enough to know and to rest,
- for in rest the psalmists remain in existence,
- 13 like a river that has a richly abundant spring,
- and that keeps flowing for the help of those who study it.
- Hallelujah!