Odes of Solomon/Ode 24

The Thought Which Made Them from of Old

¹ The dove fluttered onto the anointed one,

because his head belonged to her.

² And she cooed (psalms) about him,

and her voice was heard.

³ And the inhabitants were afraid,

and the sojourners were shaken.

⁴ The bird flew, forsook its wing,

and every creeping thing died in its hole.

⁵ And the depths were opened, even those that had been covered.

And they sought the Lord like women about to deliver.

⁶ And no food was given to them by him,

because it did not belong to them.

⁷ And the depths were submerged with the Lord’s submersion,

and they perished in accord with the thought

by which they had been made from of old.

⁸ For they were subject to perishability from in the beginning,

and the end of their perishability was life.

⁹ And everyone who was lacking perished because of the depths,

because they could not give the answer that would let them remain.

¹⁰ And the Lord destroyed the thoughts

of all who did not have the truth.

¹¹ For the arrogant in heart

lacked wisdom,

¹² and so they were rejected,

because the truth was not with them.

¹³ Because the Lord showed his way

and spread abroad his steadfast love.

¹⁴ And those who came to know it,

they know his sanctity.

Hallelujah!