Odes de Salomão — Ode 29

1The Lord is my hope: in Him I shall not be confounded.

2For according to His praise He made me, and according to His goodness even so He gave unto me:

3and according to His mercies He exalted me: and according to His excellent beauty He set me on high:

4and brought me up out of the depths of Sheol: and from the mouth of death He drew me:

5and thou didst lay my enemies low, and He justified me by His grace.

6For I believed in the Lord's Messiah: and it appeared to me that He is the Lord;

7and He showed him His sign: and He led me by His light, and gave me the rod of His power;

8that I might subdue the imaginations of the peoples; and the power of the men of might to bring them low:

9to make war by His word, and to take victory by His power.

10And the Lord overthrew my enemy by His word; and he became like the stubble which the wind carries away;

11and I gave praise to the Most High because He exalted me His servant and the son of His handmaid. Hallelujah.