- And Take Immortal Life for Yourselves
- 1 The depths were dissolved before the Lord,
- and darkness was destroyed by his appearance.
- 2 Error went astray and perished because of him,
- and Contempt could find no path to walk on,
- because the Lord’s truth had submerged it.
- 3 He opened his mouth and spoke steadfast love and joy,
- and he recited a new song of praise to his name,
- 4 and he lifted up his voice to the Most High,
- and offered to him those who came to be children through his hands.
- 5 And his person was vindicated,
- because thus his holy Father had granted to him.
- 6 Come forth, you who have been oppressed, and receive joy,
- 7 and gain your souls by his steadfast love;
- and take immortal life for yourselves.
- 8 And they condemned me when I stood up,
- I who had not been condemned.
- 9 And they divided my spoils, though nothing was owed to them.
- 10 But I endured and was silent and kept quiet,
- that I might not be moved by them.
- 11 But I stood unmoved like a solid rock
- that is beaten by the breakers and endures.
- 12 And I bore their bitterness for humility’s sake,
- so that I might redeem my people and inherit them,
- 13 and that I might not make void the promises to the patriarchs,
- those to whom I had been promised for their descendants’ redemption.
- Hallelujah!