Odes de Salomão — Ode 20

1I am a priest of the Lord, and to Him I do priestly service: and to Him I offer the sacrifice of His thought.

2For His thought is not like [the thought of] the world nor [the thought of] the flesh, nor like them that serve carnally.

3The sacrifice of the Lord is righteousness, and purity of heart and lips.

4Present your reins before Him blamelessly: and let not thy heart do violence to heart, nor thy soul to soul.

5Thou shalt not acquire a stranger by [the price of thy silver], neither shalt thou seek to devour thy neighbour,

6neither shalt thou deprive him of the covering of his nakedness.

7But put on the grace of the Lord without stint; and come into His Paradise and make thee a garland from its tree,

8and put it on thy head and be glad; and recline on His rest, and glory shall go before thee,

9and thou shalt receive of His kindness and of His grace; and thou shalt be flourishing in truth in the praise of His holiness. Praise and honour be to His name. Hallelujah.