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Monday, September 6, 2021

Ode of Solomon (James Charlesworth transl. of #41) -- excerpt of "The First Christian Hymnbook" (2009)

 Publisher Cascade Books -- translator is James H. Charlesworth)

ODE 41

verse 1: LET ALL THE LORD's BABES PRAISE HIM, AND LET US RECEIVE THE

                TRUTH OF HIS FAITH.

Verse 2: AND HIS CHILDREN SHALL BE ACKNOWLEDGED BY HIM: THEREFORE

                LET US SING BY HIS LOVE.

Verse 3: WE LIVE IN THE LORD BY HIS GRACE. AND LIFE WE RECEIVE BY HIS MESSIAH

Verse 4: FOR A GREAT DAY HAS SHINED UPON US.AN.D WONDERFUL IS HE

                WHO HAS GIVEN TO US OF HIS GLORY

Verse 5: LET US, THEREFORE, ALL OF US AGREE IN THE NAME OF THE LORD.

                AND LET US HONOR HIM IN HIS GOODNESS

Verse 6: AND LET OUR FACES SHINE IN HIS LIGHT. AND LET OUR HEARTS

                MEDITATE IN HIS LOVE, BY NIGHT AND BY DAY.

Verse 7: LET US EXALT WITH THE EXULTATION OF THE LORD.

(Christ Speaks - next verses) Verse 8: ALL THOSE WHO SEE ME WILL BE AMAZED.

                                                            BECAUSE I AM FROM ANOTHER RACE.

Verse 9: FOR THE FATHER OF TRUTH REMEMBERED ME.  HE WHO POSSESSED

                ME FROM THE BEGINNING

Verse 10: FOR HIS RICHES BEGAT ME, AND THE THOUGHT OF HIS HEART.

(The Odist speaks) Verse 11: AND HIS WORD IS WITH US IN ALL OUR WAY,

                                              THE SAVIOR WHO GIVES LIFE AND DOES NOT REJECT OUR SOULS

Verse 12: THE MAN WHO HUMBLED HIMSELF, BUT WAS RAISED BECAUSE

                OF HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS

Verse 13: THE SON OF THE MOST HIGH APPEARED IN THE PERFECTION OF HIS FATHER

Verse 14: AND LIGHT DAWNED FROM THE WORD THAT WAS BEFORE TIME IN HIM

Verse 15: THE MESSIAH IN TRUTH IS ONE.

                AND HE WAS KNOWN BEFORE THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE WORLD,

                THAT HE MIGHT GIVE LIFE TO PERSONS FOREVER BY THE TRUTH OF HIS NAME

(Doxology) Verse 16 A NEW SONG IS FOR THE LORD FROM THEM THAT LOVE HIM

                                    HALLELUJAH

                


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