Thursday, July 7 : Odes of Solomon

I praise you, 0 Lord because I love you. O Most High, abandon me not, for you are my hope. Freely did I receive your grace,
may I live by it. My persecutors will come, but let them not see me. Let a cloud of darkness fall upon their eyes; and let an air of thick darkness obscure them. And let them have no light to see, so that they cannot seize me… For they have devised a counsel, but it was not for them. They prepared themselves maliciously, but they were found to be impotent. Indeed my hope is upon the Lord and I shall not fear. And because the Lord is my salvation
I shall not fear.
And he is as a crown upon my head,
and I shall not be disturbed. Even if everything should be shaken,
I shall stand firm.
And though all things visible should perish,
I shall not die;
Because the Lord is with me,
and I with him.
Hallelujah!

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