Odes of Solomon/Ode 39

Then You Will Cross Without Danger

¹ Raging rivers are the power of the Lord

that send upside-down the heads of those who despise him,

² and entangle their steps and sweep away their crossings,

³ and snatch their bodies and destroy their souls.

⁴ For they are more sudden than lightning, and swifter,

⁵ but those who cross them firmly will not be shaken,

⁶ and those who walk in them without blemish will not be agitated.

⁷ Because the sign in the rivers is “the LORD,”

and the sign becomes the path of those who cross in the name that is “the LORD.”

⁸ Put on, therefore, the name of the Most High, and know him;

then you will cross without danger,

for the rivers will obey you.

⁹ The Lord has made a bridge over the rivers by his speech,

and walked and crossed (over the rivers) on foot,

¹⁰ and his footprints remained (suspended) above the waters, and did not fade away,

but (the footprints) became like firmly fixed (planks of a) wood (bridge).

¹¹ And the waves were lifted up on this side and on that,

but the footprints of our anointed master remain,

¹² and are not washed away and are not lost.

¹³ And a path has been made for those who cross after him,

even for those who follow his trustworthy halakhah and who venerate his name.

Hallelujah!