9 And my oppression became my salvation; and I was their reprobation because there was no zeal in me; (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 28:9
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Odes of Solomon 31:9–11
9 But I stood unshaken like a firm rock which is beaten by the waves and endures. (ODE) 10 And I bore their bitterness for humility's sake: (ODE) 11 In order, that I might redeem my people, and inherit it and that I might not make void my promises to the fathers, to whom I promise… (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 42:12–14
12 So is my love over those that believe in me. (ODE) 13 And I was not rejected though I was reckoned to be so. (ODE) 14 I did not perish, though they devised it against me. (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 17:1–3
1 I was crowned by my God: my crown is living: (ODE) 2 And I was justified in my Lord: my incorruptible salvation is He. (ODE) 3 I was loosed from vanity, and I was not condemned: (ODE)
Testament of Joseph 1:12–14
12 I was sick, and the Lord visited me. (T12) 13 I was in prison, and my God showed favour unto me; (T12) 14 In bonds, and He released me; (T12)
Odes of Solomon 25:4–6
4 And I shall see him no more: because thy face was with me, which saved me by thy grace. (ODE) 5 But I was despised and rejected in the eye of many: and I was in their eyes like lead, (ODE) 6 And strength was mine from thyself and help. (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 28:13–15
13 But I was carrying water in my right hand, and their bitterness I endured by my sweetness; (ODE) 14 And I did not perish, for I was not their brother nor was my birth like theirs. (ODE) 15 And they sought for my death and did not find it: for I was older than the memorial of the… (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 8:14–16
14 Love me with affection, ye who love: (ODE) 15 For I do not turn away my face from them that are mine; (ODE) 16 For I know them, and before they came into being I took knowledge of them, and on their faces I set my seal: (ODE)
Testament of Joseph 1:4–6
4 I have seen in my life envy and death, yet I went not astray, but persevered in the truth--of the Lord. (T12) 5 These my brethren hated me, but the Lord loved me: (T12) 6 They wished to slay me, but the God of my fathers guarded me: (T12)
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