Odes and Hymns from Early Syriac Tradition

Layer

Wider Ancient Witness Archive

Collection

4.6 Syriac Christian Wisdom, Prayer, and Historical Witness Archive

Classification

Syriac witness

Relationship to Scripture

Background / comparative · not Scripture

This text is included as a comparative, historical, philosophical, ritual, textual, or fragmentary witness. It is not presented as part of the Restored Bible.

Odes and Hymns from Early Syriac Tradition

[Archive witness: odes and hymns of the early Syriac tradition. The Odes of Solomon are filed under their own number; here other hymnic material is gathered.]

My heart was lifted up in the love of the Lord,

and my members were moved to sing to him.

He gave me to drink of his living water,

and I shall not thirst forever.

The Lord is my crown; I shall not be shaken;

his peace is upon me like a robe of light.

As the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so does the Lord rejoice over the soul that loves him; he adorns her with his grace, and brings her into his chamber, and she is glad in him forever. [Text missing]

[Fragment breaks here.]