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Odes of Solomon 20

Odae Solomontos

I am a priest of the Lord, and to him I serve as a priest;

2And to him I offer the offering of his thought.

3For his thought is not like the world, nor like the flesh, nor like those who worship according to the flesh.

4The offering of the Lord is righteousness, and purity of heart and lips.

5Offer your inner self without blemish; and let your compassion not oppress compassion; neither oppress yourselves.

6You must not buy a stranger because he is like yourselves, nor seek to deceive your neighbor, nor deprive him of the covering for his nakedness.

7But put on the grace of the Lord generously, and come into his Paradise, and make for yourselves a garland from his tree.

8Then place it on your head and be glad, and recline upon his rest.

9For his glory will go before you; and you will receive of his kindness and of his grace; and you will be anointed in truth with the praise of his holiness.

10Praise and honor to his name. Hallelujah.

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About Odes of Solomon

42 early Christian hymns, probably from the 2nd century, in images of milk, crown and living water. The oldest liturgical poetry to survive outside the Psalms.