The Odes of ShaloméA New, True Names Translation of an Ancient Nazorean SongbookJacksonSnyderBible Roots&BranchesYAHAD YAHPrinceOfPeace Bible-News.com SecretSayinsoftheSavior MyBooks@Apostolia GlowSisterGifts Sinaiticus.com SHALOMÉ, known generally as The Odes of Solomon. Through the reading of the Odes, one easily ascertains their composer to be a woman. Some of these Odes are noted to be the composition of Shalome of the Cross in the the early text Pistis Sophia. Further evidence for a female author is her redundant use of the True Name MarYah (ie Yahweh, also spelled Maria - Mary), and the feminine aspects of the Eternal being described throughout. In addition, trusted modern scholars tell us that (1) the original language of the Odes is Aramaic - the language of the Messiah and the Nazoreans, (2) the origin of the Odes may be Edessa in Adiabene, which extended sanctuary to the Nazoreans (according to Eusebius and the Letters of Abgar), (3) there is enough affinity between the language, sentiment, and theology in the Odes, the Gospel According to John, and many of the Dead Sea Scrolls. We conclude that these compositions were all contemporaneous, and (4) the Odes do not contain either Gnostic concepts or quotes from the New Testament. We add to this our believe that According to John was written much earlier that 100 AD on account of recent archaeological finds confirming the Gospel's antiquity. If John is early, the Odes are just as early. Therefore, we may consider the Odes of Shalomé to be Aramaic Songs written for MarYah and his Netzari bands; The Odes of Shalomé is perhaps the earliest hymnbook of the Nazorean Faith! My mash up was forged by confiding in the best traditional translation recast with True Names restored to the places in the text where they belong in accordance with the Aramaic original. I also removed or recrafted much of the redundancy of the language for clearer reading. EloHymns.com has responded to this version of the Odes with a few English poetic settings. On account of their loveliness and sense of high praise, we encourage others with creative writing or song writing ability also depend on them in the creative moment. What are Odes? Lyric poems of elaborate or irregular metrical form, expressive of enthusiastic emotion; a poem that tells a story intended to be sung.
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1. Crown: MarYah is on my head like a crown... 2. Wreath: Yah, upon my head, a wreath… 3. Favor: I put on my Father’s favor for He loves me. 4. Space: No one can distort Your set-apart space. 5. Love: I praise You, O MarYah, because I love You. 6. Wind: As the wind glides across the harp… 7. Pathway: As is anger’s pathway over the Lawless… 8. Excitement: Open your hearts to the excitement of MarYah. 9. Ears: Open your ears and I will speak to you. 10. Lips: MarYah directed my lips with His Word. 11. Fruit: My heart was pruned and its flower appeared… 12. Words: He has filled me with words of truth… 13. Mirror: Hinneh! MarYah is our mirror. 14. Eyes: As the eyes of a son upon his father… 15. Sun: As the sun is the delight of all… 16. Singing: As the ploughman’s work is the ploughshare… 17. Freedom: I have been freed from vanities… 18. Heart: My heart was lifted up and enriched… 19. Milk: A cup of milk was offered me and I drank… 20. Priest: I am a priest of MarYah and serve Him as a priest. 21. Arms: I lifted high my arms toward the love of MarYah. 22. Hand: From tombs Your hand chose them… 23. Finger: …written entirely by the finger of Elohim. 24. Dove: The dove fluttered over the head of our Sovereign… 25. Rescue: When I was rescued from my chains… 26. Odes: His Shabbat odes cannot be silenced. 27. Tree: My expanse is the upright tree. 28. Wings: … So are the wings of the Spirit over my heart. 29. Hope: MarYah is my hope, I will not be ashamed. 30. Fountain: Fill yourselves with water from the living fountain. 31. Chasms: Chasms vanished before MarYah 32. Power: He has been edified by the Set-apart Power. 33. Virgin: The Perfect Virgin was standing by, preaching 34. Image: The image of what is below is what is above. 35. Showers: The gentle showers of MarYah overshadowed me… 36. Spirit: I rested on Maryah’s Spirit… 37. Rest: And by Maryah’s favor, He gave me rest. 38. Truth: I rode up into the light of Truth. 39. Rivers: Raging rivers are the power of MarYah… 40. Honey: As honey drips from the honeycomb of bees… 41. Babes: Let all MarYah's babes praise Him. 42. Door: Open for us the door by which we may come… MarYah[1] is on my head like a crown, and I will never be without Him. Plaited for me is the orb of truth, it is rooting Your branches so as to blossom forth in me. For it is not like a parched crown, a crown that does not bloom; For You live on my head, and have blossomed upon me. Your fruits are full and ripe; they are bursting forth with Your salvation.
2. Wreath[2] Yah, upon my head, a wreath; I will ever dwell beneath. Plaited orb of verity branch’d and blossoming in me. Not a dry crown nor a dead, but a thriving on my head, Sprouting grapes, so ripe and rife: Bleeding Fruit who saves my life. O, dear Father, may you be ever growing as a tree. Shooting forth from this poor flesh many fruits, diverse and fresh.
On my head a royal crown; on my body, as a gown; On my feet for all to see: You are woven over me. When the earth shakes or the sea threatens to cause harm to me, I need never cross contend knowing my victory has no end. O, dear Mother, ever be graciously adorning me, Nourishing my evergreen spirit fruits, diverse and clean.
I put on my Father’s favor for He loves me. His bacharim[3] are with Him; I am dependent upon them. For I would not have known how to love MarYah if He had not loved me since forever. Who is able to distinguish love, except the one who is loved? I love the Beloved, even I myself love Him, and where His Sabbath rests, there rest I also. I will be no stranger, because MarYah, the El Shaddai, the Merciful one is not jealous over me; for I have been united in Him. The lover has found the Beloved. I love Him, he who is the Son. So I will become a son. The one joined to the Eternal will surely be eternal. Likewise, the one who delights in the Life will live. This is the Spirit of MarYah, who is not false, who teaches the children of humankind to know His ways. Be wise and understanding, and be awakened. Halleluyah.
No one can distort Your set-apart space, O Eli; nor can anyone change it or place it elsewhere. The other one has no power over it because You designed Your refuge even before You made any special spaces. The Ancient One will not be distorted by those who are inferior to Him. You have given Your heart, O MarYah, to Your believers. Never will You be idle nor will You be without fruits: For one hour of Your faith is more excellent than all the days and years. For who will put on Your favor yet be rejected? Your seal is known; Your creatures are known by it. Your hosts possess it; and the elect malachim are clothed with it. You have given us Your fellowship; not that You were in need of us, but that we are ever in need of You. Shower Your gentle rain upon us and open Your bountiful springs, those that abundantly supply us with milk and honey. You have no regrets even if You should regret anything You promised, since all results were first apparent to You beforehand. What You gave, You gave freely. You will no longer draw these back or take them up again. For all was apparent to You as Elohim, and was set in order before You from the very beginning. And You, O MarYah, have made it all. Halleluyah.
I praise You, O MarYah, because I love You. El Shaddai, do not forsake me, for You are my hope! I received Your favor freely; now let me I live by it. My persecutors will surely come. Let them not see me! Let a cloud of darkness fall upon their eyes; let a haze of thick darkness obscure them! Let them have no light to see so they cannot seize me. Let their designs become vain so that whatever they have conspired will return upon their own heads. For they have devised a plan that was not for them. They prepared themselves in cruelty, but they were discovered to be powerless. Yea, my assurance is in MarYah. I will not fear. No, I will not fear for MarYah is El Yeshuati.[4] He is as a woven crown on my head, and I will not be shaken. Even if everything should be shaken, I will stand firm. And though all things visible should perish, I will not die; MarYah is with me, and I am with Him. Halleluyah.
As the wind glides across the harp and the strings speak, the Spirit of MarYah speaks through my members, and I speak through His love. For He shatters whatever is not-of-me so that everything is of Him. This is how it has been from the start, and will be until the end. So that nothing will be divergent, and nothing will rise up against Him. MarYah has multiplied his knowledge; He has been zealous to make known all His favor has given us. He gave us His name to praise, and our spirits praise His Qadosh[5] Spirit. A stream went forth and became a great and broad river; in fact, it carried them all away, crushing them and bringing them to the Temple. The barriers built by men were not able to hold it back; nor the craft of those who always hold-back water. Yes, it spread over the surface of the entire world and filled all. Then all thirsty in the world drank; thirst was quenched; the thirsty relieved; For the drink was given by El Shaddai. Great are those who serve the drink; all those who have been entrusted with His water. They have refreshed the parched lips, and aroused the paralyzed will. Even the living who were about to expire have been held back from death. Shattered limbs have they set and restored. They gave strength for their future and light for their eyes. Everyone recognized these waters as MarYah's own, and they stayed by the living water of eternity. Halleluyah.
As is anger’s pathway over the Lawless, so is joy’s pathway over the Beloved: it harvests its fruits without hindrance. My joy is in MarYah and my course is set toward Him; my pathway is beautiful! Indeed, there is a Helper for me – it is MarYah. He has generously shown Himself to me in His simplicity, for His kindness has diminished His dreadfulness. He became like me so I could receive Him. He was measured like me in form so that I could wear Him. I did not tremble when I saw Him because He was courteous to me. His nature became like mine so I might comprehend Him. His figure became like mine so I might not turn away from Him. The Father of knowledge is the Word of knowledge. He who created wisdom is wiser than His works. He created me when I knew not yet what I should do when I came into being. On account of this, He favored me in His rich charity. He allowed me to question Him and benefit from His sacrifice. He is incorruptible. He is the completion of the worlds; and he is their Father. He has allowed Himself to appear to His own so they may identify Him as the One who made them, and not assume they came of themselves. He has set His path on the way to knowledge; he widened it and lengthened it and brought it to total completion. Over it, He suspended traces of His light. I walked there – from beginning to end. These things have come forth from Him as He was resting in the Son. And He will hold everything together by His saving acts. El Shaddai will be known by Her qaddoshim; those who have songs to announce MarYah’s coming; going out to meet Him and sing to Him with joy, playing the harp of many notes.[6] Yea, the Seers will go before Him, and before Him they will be seen seen. They will praise MarYah in His love because He is near - and He does see! Hatred will be removed from the world; along with jealousy – it will be drowned. Ignorance was already destroyed in the world because of the arrival of Maryah’s great knowledge. Let the singers sing about the favor of MarYah El Shaddai, and let them bring their songs. Let their heart be like the day, and their gentle voices like MarYah’s majestic beauty. Let no one who breathes be without knowledge or voice. For He gave a mouth to His creation: to open the mouth’s voice to Him, and to praise Him; to confess His power and declare His favor. Halleluyah.
Open, open your hearts to the excitement of MarYah, and let your love abound from the heart to the lips. Bring forth fruits for MarYah – a devoted life – carefully speaking in His light. Rise up and stand straight, you who were sometimes brought low. And you who were in silence, speak out; for your mouth has been opened! You who were despised – from now-on be lifted, for your righteousness has been lifted! Indeed, MarYah’s right hand is with you, and He will be your Helper! Shalom has been prepared for you, going before you in what could have been your battle! Hear the word of truth and receive the knowledge of El Shaddai! Your body may not understand what I am about to tell you; neither your clothing what I am about to show you. Keep my mystery, you who are kept by it! Keep my faith, you who are kept by it! Understand my knowledge, you who know me in truth! Love me with affection, you who love! I do not turn my face from my own; I know them! Even before they existed, I recognized them and imprinted a seal upon their faces. I fashioned their members, and my own breasts I prepared for them so they might drink my blessed milk and live by it.[7] I am pleased by them and am not ashamed by them; for they are my workmanship and the power of my ideas. Who is able to stand against My work? Or who is not subject to it? I willed then fashioned mind and heart, and they are my own. I have set my bacharim[8] on my right hand. My righteousness goes before them and they will not be deprived of My name, for it is with them. Pray and increase, and abide in the love of MarYah, all you who are loved in the Beloved – all you who are kept in Him who lives – all you who are saved in Him who saves. You will be found uncorrupted throughout all ages on account of the name of your Father. Halleluyah.
Open your ears and I will speak to you. Give yourself to me so that I may give myself back to you – even the word of MarYah and what He wants – even the pure idea He has thought concerning His Anointed. For your life is in the will of MarYah. His purpose is eternal life as your perfection is indestructible. Be enriched in Elohim the Father and receive the purpose of El Shaddai for you. Be strong and redeemed by His favor. For I announce to you shalom; to you, His qadoshim: so that none of those who hear will fall in battle – so that those who have known Him may not perish – so that those who received Him may not be ashamed. Truth is an everlasting crown; blessed are the ones who place it on their heads. It is like a precious stone; for the battles were on account of the crown! But Righteousness has taken it away from them and given it to you. Don the crown in MarYah’s true covenant, and all those who have conquered will be inscribed in His book. For the book is the reward of your victory. She sees you there before her and wills you to be rescued. Halleluyah.
MarYah directed My lips with His Word and opened My heart with His Light. He made His abundant life to dwell within Me; He allowed Me to announce the fruit of His shalom so to change the lives of those who want to come to Him; even to those caged up to liberty. I took courage and became strong. I captured the world; I owned its capture for the sake of the Shekinah of El Shaddai Elohim Avi.[9] The dispersed tribes were thus gathered in, yet I was not defiled by My love for them though they praised Me in high places. Sparks of light were set against their heart; so they walked in accordance with My life and were resuced. They became My people forever and ever. Halleluyah.
My heart was pruned and its flower appeared, then favor sprang up in it. My heart made fruits for MarYah. El Shaddai circumcised me by His Ruach haQodesh, then He uncovered my inward being Himward and filled me with His love. His circumcising became my salvation so I dashed in the Way, in His shalom, in the pathway of truth. From beginning to end I received His knowledge. Thus I was founded upon the rock of truth where He set me down. Speaking waters touched my lips in great measure from MarYah’s fountain. I drank to intoxication from the living water that never dies.[10] My intoxication did not cause ignorance; no, I abandoned vanity, and turned instead toward El Shaddai Eli, and was enriched by His favors. I rejected the vanity cast on the earth. I tore it away and cast off me. MarYah renewed me with His clothing; He possessed me by His light. From above He gave me everlasting Shabbat; I became like the land that blossoms and rejoices in its fruits. MarYah is like the sun on the face of the land. My eyes were enlightened; my face received the dew; my breath was refreshed by the pleasant fragrance of MarYah. He took me to His Gan Eden, wherein is the wealth of MarYah's pleasure. I beheld blooming and fruit-bearing trees, and their crown was self-grown. Their branches were sprouting and their fruits were glistening. An immortal land was within their roots. A river of gladness was irrigating them, rushing around them in the land of eternal life. Then I worshipped MarYah for His magnificence. And I said, Rab, O Yah, are those who are planted in Your land; who have a place in Your Eden: those who grow within the span of Your trees; those who have passed from darkness into light. Hinneh! All Your laborers are righteous; they do tov mitzvot. They turn from cruelty and to your friendliness. Yea, the heady perfume of Your trees is changing the land.[11] Everyone there has thus become of remnant of You. So blessed are the workers of Your waters – may there be eternal memorials of Your faithful servants. Indeed, there is plenty of space in Your Eden. Nothing within is barren; everything is filled with fruit. May Esteem be Yours, O Elohim, in the delight of Paradise forever. Halleluyah.
He has filled me with words of truth so that I may proclaim Him. Like flowing waters, truth flows from my mouth so my lips declare His fruits. He caused His knowledge to thrive in me, because the mouth of MarYah is the true Word and the door to His light. El Shaddai has given Him to His families – The interpreters of His beauty; The narrators of His radiance; The confessors of His purpose; The preachers of His mind; And the teachers of His works. For the subtlety of the Word is inexpressible and like His utterance so also is His swiftness and His intensity, for limitless is His progress. He never falls, but remains standing; one cannot comprehend His origin or His direction.[12] For as is the expanse of His work, so is His expectation; for He is the light and dawning of thought. By Him the generations[13] spoke to one another, and the ones who were silent acquired speech. From Him came love and equality, and they spoke one to another of what was theirs. They were inspired by the Word, and knew Him who made them, because they were in harmony. For the mouth of El Shaddai spoke to them; His exposition prospered through Him. The dwelling place of the Word is one and His truth is love. Blessed are those who by means of Him have perceived everything, and have known MarYah in His truth. Halleluyah.
Hinneh! MarYah is our mirror. Open your eyes to see them in Him. Learn the manner of your face then declare praises to His Spirit. Wipe the paint from your face, love His devotion, and put it on instead. Then you will be unblemished at all times with Him. Halleluyah.
As the eyes of a son upon his father, so are my eyes, O Yah, towards You at all times; because my breasts and my pleasure are with You. Turn not your mercies aside from me, O Yah; take not Your kindnesses from me. Stretch to me, O Sovereign, Your right hand, and always; Be a guide to me till the very end in accordance with Your will. Let me be pleasing before You on account of Your kavod; on account of Your Name. O let me be saved from the Evil One and allow Your gentleness and the fruits of Your love remain with me, O Yah. Teach me the ode of Your truth, that I may produce fruits in You. Open the harp of Your Ruach haQodesh to me so that with every note I may praise You, O Yah. In accordance with the multitude of Your mercies, so grant me these requests; yes, hurry to confer our petitions, for You are sufficient for all our needs. Halleluyah.
As the sun is the delight of those who seek its daybreak, so is my delight in MarYah. He is my sun. His rays have raised me. His light has expelled all darkness from my face. I have received eyes from Him. I have seen His special day. I have received ears from him and have heard His truth. I have received wise ideas from Him and have fully delighted in Him. I repudiated the way of error. I went towards Him and received an abundance of salvation from Him. He gave to me in accordance to His generosity; according to His excellent beauty He formed me. I put on unaging life through His name and took off corruption by His favor. The death before me has been destroyed; Sheol has been defeated by my word. Ageless life has risen up in the nation of MarYah. Life has been declared to His faithful ones. Life without limit has been given to all who trust in Him. Halleluyah.
As the ploughman’s work is the ploughshare and the helmsman’s work the steering of the ship, so also my work is singing of MarYah with His tehillim.[14] My art and my service are in His tehillim, because His love has nourished my heart, and His fruits He poured on my lips. For MarYah is my love; I will sing to Him for I am made strong by His praises –I have full faith in Him. I will open my mouth and His Spirit will speak of MarYah’s favor and His beauty through me: the work of His hands; the labor of His fingers; the host of His mercies; the strength of His Word. For the Word of MarYah investigates the invisible, revealing His thought. The eye sees His works while the ear hears His thoughts. MarYah Himself made the earth so wide and placed the waters in the sea. He expanded the sky and attached the stars. He fixed the creation and set it up then He rested from His works. So creatures run in accordance with their courses. They work their own works, for they can never quit or fail. The myriads are subject to His Word. The reservoir of light is the sun and the reservoir of darkness is the night. He made the sun for the day so it will be light then; but night conveys darkness over the earth’s face. All these[15] pieces, one after another, complete the beauty of Elohim. Outside MarYah there is nothing; He exists before anything came to be. The worlds are by His Word, even by His heart’s thought. Praise and honor are due His name. Halleluyah.
Then I was crowned by Eli, and My crown was alive.[16] Then I was vindicated by My Sovereign, for My Salvation is imperishable. I have been freed from vanities; I am not condemned. My chains were cut off by His hands. I received the face and look of a new person. I walked in Him and was rescued. Thoughts of truth led Me. I went after it and did not stray. All who saw Me were amazed, for to them I seemed a stranger. He who knew and exalted Me is the El Shaddai in all His perfection. He esteemed Me highly in His kindness and raised My understanding to truth’s height. From there He gave me the map[17] of His own steps. I opened closed doors. I shattered bars of iron, for My own shackles had heated up then melted before me. Nothing appeared closed to Me, because I was opening everything. Of my own volition, I went for all those bound up in order to loose them, not wanting to leave anyone bound in chains. I gave out My knowledge generously on account of My love, even My rising.[18] I sowed My fruits into hearts, transforming them through Myself. Then they received My blessing and lived; they were gathered into Me and rescued; They became My limbs as I was their Head. Great esteem be Yours, our Head, O MarYah. Halleluyah.
My heart was lifted up and enriched in the love of El Shaddai, so that I might praise Him with My name.[19] My limbs were strengthened, so they may not fall away from His power. Infirmities fled my body. I stood firm for MarYah (as is His desire), because His reign is firmly established. O Yah, for the sake of those who are in need, do not dismiss Your Word from Me, nor, for the sake of their works, withhold Your perfection from Me. Let not light be conquered by darkness, nor let truth flee from falsehood. Let Your right hand set our salvation to complete victory; and let it receive victory from every region and hold onto it for the sake of all besieged by misfortunes. You are Eli; falsehood and death are not in Your mouth – Your desire is perfection only. ‘Nothing’ You do not know, because ‘Nothing’ does not know you! ‘Error’ You do not know, because ‘Error’ does not know you! ‘Ignorance’ appeared as though it were dust or sea foam. The Useless thought ‘Ignorance’ was strength; they became his sort of people and were thereby impoverished. But those who knew understood by reasoning , yet were not polluted by their thoughts. Such were in the mind of El Shaddai. They disdained all those walking in ‘Error.’ Then they spoke the truth from the breath breathed into them by El Shaddai. Praise and great honor to His name. Halleluyah.
A cup of milk was offered me, so I drank it in the sweetness of MarYah's kindness. The Son is the cup and the Father is He who was milked. The Ruach haQodesh is She who milked. Why? Because His breasts were full, and it was undesirable that His milk should be wastefully released. The Ruach haQodesh opened Her bosom and mixed together the milk of the Father’s two breasts. She gave the mix to the family without their knowing. Nevertheless, those who received milk are in the perfection of the right hand. The womb of the Virgin took it, and she conceived and gave birth. So the Virgin became a mother with great compassion. She labored and bore the Son – but without pain; still, it did not happen without purpose. She needed no midwife; He made her speak life! As with a strong will, she birthed and bore according to the sign, thus received according to El Elyon. She loved with liberation; protected placidly; declared with dignity. Halleluyah.
I am a priest of MarYah and serve Him as a priest; I offer Him a gift of His own thought. His thought is not like that of the world, nor the flesh, nor those who worship in the flesh. The gift for MarYah is righteousness and purity of heart and lips. Offer your inward being faultlessly! Do not allow compassion to repress your compassion. Do not allow yourself to repress even your soul. You should not buy a stranger because he is like you, nor try to deceive your neighbor, nor deprive him of the covering for his nakedness. Instead, put on MarYah’s favor generously. Come into His Eden and make yourself a wreath from His tree. Put it on your head and be joyful, and recline in His Shabbat. For His Shekinah will go before you and you will receive some of His kindness and favor; you will even be anointed in truth with the praise of His righteousness. Praise and honor His name! Halleluyah.
I lifted high my arms toward the love of MarYah. I did so because He cast off my bonds; yes, His compassion and salvation, my Helper uplifted me. I put off darkness and put on light. I received new parts! In them there was no sickness, affliction, or suffering. Thinking of MarYah was greatly helpful to me, as was His timeless fellowship. I was uplifted in the light as I passed before Him. While praising and confessing Him, I was near Him constantly. He caused my heart to overflow. In my mouth I found my heart. It sprang forth to my lips. MarYah’s exultation and praise increased all the more on my face. Halleluyah.
He who caused My descent from high up and ascent from regions below – He who gathers things between and casts them to Me – He who scattered My enemies and My adversaries – He who gave Me authority over bondage to unbind them – He who overthrew the seven-headed dragon with by My hands and set Me at its roots so I might destroy its seed[20] – You were there! You helped Me! You were everyplace! Your name surrounded Me! Your right hand destroyed his evil venom; yea, Your hand leveled the road before those who believe in You. From tombs Your hand chose them and separated them from the dead. Your hand took the dead bones and covered them with flesh. They did not move, so Your hand rendered them the energy to live. Your way and Your face are imperishable. You destroyed Your world so all things might be resolved and renewed. Your rock is the foundation of all things. On it You built Your nation, which became the habitation of the qadoshim. Halleluyah.
Joy is for the qadoshim. Who will put on such joy but these alone? Favor is for the bacharim. Who will receive such favor but the ones who trusted in it from the first? Love is for the qadoshim. Who will put on such love but the ones who had it from the beginning? Walk in the knowledge of MarYah and you will receive[21] MarYah’s favor very generously: favor for both His exultation and for the perfection of His knowledge. His thought was like a message and His will descended from on high. It was sent out forcefully – like an arrow shot from a bow. Many hands hurried to catch the message – to take it and read it. But it escaped their fingers. They were afraid of it and of the seal that was on it since they were not allowed to loosen its seal. The power of the seal was greater than they. But the ones who saw the letter went after it so they might discover the place it might land, who should read it, and who should hear it. But a wheel received it, and it rolled over it. A sign was with it, the sign of the reign and of providence. Everything that disturbed the wheel, it mowed and cut down. It restrained a multitude of shatanim.[22] It bridged over rivers. It rolled over many forests, uprooting them and making an open road. The head went down to the feet, because the wheel ran over the feet, and whatever else it happened upon. This letter contained a commandment, so all regions were gathered together. At its head, The Head was reveal – none other than the BenEmet[23] of Father El Shaddai. He inherited and possessed everything; so then the scheming of the many ended. Seducers became willful and fled away while persecutors became extinct as they were blotted out. The letter became a great volume, written entirely by the finger of Elohim. The Father’s Name was upon it; and the Name of the Son of the Ruach haQodesh, so to rule in timelessness. Halleluyah.
The dove fluttered over the head of our Sovereign Messiah, because He was Her head.[24] She sang over Him, and Her voice was heard. The residents thereabouts were afraid, even strangers were disturbed. The bird began to fly, and every creeping thing died in its lair.[25] The chasms were opened and closed; they were all seeking MarYah as if they were about to give birth. Yet He was not given to them to sustain them, because He did not belong to them. The chasms were all immersed in MarYah’s seal; they all perished on account of those puerile notions they had held from the start. They were all in labor from the first, and the result of their travail was life. All the ones who were wanting perished, because they could not express the appropriate word so they might instead remain. And MarYah destroyed the devices of those who had not the truth within them. Indeed, they were lacking in wisdom; they puffed themselves up in their thoughts. So they were rejected – the truth was not inside them. But MarYah revealed His way; He spread his favor widely. And those who understood it came to know His sanctity[26] as well. Halleluyah.
When I was rescued[27] from my chains, I fled to You, O Eli; For You are Yahshua’s right hand, and my Advocate.[28] You have restrained those who rise up against me: they were seen no more. But Your face was with me; it saved me by Your favor. I was despised and rejected in the eyes of many. In their eyes, I was as heavy as lead. But I got strength from You, and help. You set a lamp for me – one on my right and another on my left – so there might not be anything not of the light around me. I was covered with the tabernacle of Your Spirit; so I removed all my clothing of skin. Because Your right hand held me up, sickness was made to pass from me. I became strong in Your truth and set-apart in Your righteousness. All my enemies were afraid of me when I became MarYah's by the name of Yahweh. I was not blameworthy by His kindness, and His Shabbat is timeless. Halleluyah.
I poured out praise to MarYah for I am His. I will recite His qadosh ode as my heart is with Him. My hand holds to His harp; His Shabbat odes cannot be silenced. I will call to Him with all my heart; I will praise and raise Him with all my parts. His praise is from East to West; from South to North rings His thanksgiving. His perfection exists from the apex of each summits and outward to their extremities. Who is able to write the odes of MarYah, or read them? Who can train himself for such a life, that he himself may be saved? Or who is able to press in upon El Shaddai, so as to recite from His very mouth? Who can interpret the wonders of MarYah? Such a one will perish, yet that which has been interpreted will remain. For it is enough to identify and be satisfied –the odists perform[29] in serenity – even like a river with a increasingly gushing spring. Such water flows to relieve all who seek it. Halleluyah.
I extended my hands and paid
homage to my Sovereign, for His sign is my outstretched arms,.[30]
and my expanse is the upright tree.
As are the doves’ wings over their nestlings and the nestlings’ mouths are towards their mouths, so also are the wings of the Spirit over my heart. Yea, my heart continually revives of itself! It leaps for joy within me as the babe leaps for joy in her mother's womb. I trusted, accordingly I was at rest; for trustworthy is He in whom I trusted. He has greatly blessed me, and my mind[31] is with Him. The dagger will not divide me from Him, nor the sword; I am ready before destruction arrives. I have been positioned on His immortal side. Undying Life embraced me then kissed me. That kind of life is the Spirit that dwells within me. It cannot die since it is Life! Those who saw me were dismayed; I was persecuted. They thought I had been swallowed up. I seemed to them as one of the lost. My injustice became my salvation, for I became a scandal among them, because there was no jealousy in me. Yes, because I always did good things to every one of them, I was hated. They surrounded me like mad dogs, like those who attack their masters in their stupidity; for their thinking is depraved, their mind is perverted. I was toting water in my right hand while I endured their maror by metuki.[32] I did not perish, for I was neither their kin nor was my birth like theirs. They sought my death but did not find that possible, because I was older than their memory. For nothing did they cast the dice against me. Those who were after me tried in vain to destroy the memory of Him who was before them. El Shaddai’s way of thinking cannot be captured before their time. His heart is above and beyond all wisdom. Halleluyah.
MarYah is my hope; I came to be through His praise so I will not be ashamed of Him. He gave to me in accordance with His favor. He raised me –by His compassion He exalted me - according to His great honor He lifted me up. Thus he caused me to rise out of the lowest pit in Sheol; yes, He pulled me out of the mouth of death. Thus favored as I was, He vindicated me entirely so I humbled my enemies. I believed in MarYah's Anointed One and thought, “He is MaryYah!” So He revealed His sign to me. He led me by His light. He gave me the rod of His power so I could subdue the people’s strategy, and humiliate the powerful. By His Word I make war; I seize the victory by His power. Yea, by His Word MarYah deposed my enemy. He became like the dust carried off in the breeze. I gave praise to El Shaddai! He has magnified His servant, the son of His maidservant. Halleluyah.
Fill yourselves with water from the living fountain of MarYah! It has been opened for you! Come all you thirsty and take a drink – rest beside the fountain of MarYah, for it is lovely and sparkling. It continually refreshes the soul. Its water is much sweeter than others;[33] even the bees’ honeycomb is not to be compared with it. Why? It flows from the lips of MarYah, and from His heart it is named. It came boundless and invisible, yet until it was set in their very midst, they did not recognize it. Blessed are the ones who have drunk from it, and thus refreshed themselves by it. Halleluyah.
Response from EloHymns.com:
Drink, drink deeply –
Come, you thirsty
Chasms vanished before MarYah, and darkness dissipated before His appearance. Error erred and perished on account of Him. Contempt was given no inroad; it was submerged by MarYah’s truth. He opened His mouth and spoke graciously, even joyfully. He rehearsed a new ode to His name. Then He lifted his voice to El Shaddai; to Him was offered the ones who had become sons through Him. By His appearance was vindicated, because His Father, the Qaddosh, had justified Him. Come forth, you who have been afflicted, and receive joy! Possess yourselves through His favor; take timeless life to yourself. They condemned me when I stood up; I had not been condemned previously. Yet they split up my stuff, though nothing was owed them. I made it through; I held my peace and was silent, so they might not disturb me further. I stood uninterrupted like a solid rock – the type that is constantly pounded by high columns of waves yet endures. I held up under their bitterness through humility; I wanted to instruct my tribe and convert it so I might not nullify the promises I made to our ancestors. I promised to be there for the salvation of their descendents. Halleluyah.
To the blessed ones: joy emanates from their heart, light from Him who dwells in them, and the Word of truth who has self-originated. All this because He has been edified by the Set-apart Power of El Shaddai. So He is unshakable for ever and ever. Halleluyah.
Yet again Favor was swift and discharged the Corruptor, and descended over him to renounce him. The Corruptor caused utter destruction before him; all his work was corrupt. He stood on the peak of a summit and cried aloud from one end of the earth to the other. He then drew to him all those who obeyed him, as he did not appear to them as the Evil One. All the while, the Perfect Virgin was standing by, preaching and summoning and saying: O you sons of Adam, Shuv! and you their daughters, Nu Kvar! Abandon the ways of that Corruptor, and come near to me. I will enter you to bring you out of destruction, to make you wise in the ways of truth. Be not corrupted, neither perish. Obey me and be saved, for I am proclaiming the Elohim’s favor to you! By me you will be saved and become blessed. After all, am I not your judge? Those who have put me on will not be falsely accused; no, they will possess the incorruption of the new world. My bacharim have walked with me, and my ways I will make known to all who seek me out. I promise them my Name. Halleluyah.
There is no difficult road for those of simple heart, nor barrier for righteous thoughts, nor whirlwind in the deep recesses of the enlightened idea. There is no internal division in the one who is surrounded on every side by pleasant country. The image of what is above is the reality of what is below. Everything is from above. From below there is nothing except what is believed to be by of no understanding. Favor has been revealed for your salvation. Believe and live and be saved. Halleluyah.
The gentle showers of MarYah overshadowed me with tranquility; they caused a shalom-cloud to rise above my head to guard me always. It became salvation to me. Everyone else was upset and scared; from them came smoke and judgment. But I was calm in MarYah's legion, for he was more than mere shade to me, and far more than foundation. I was carried like a child by its mother. He gave me milk: the dew of MarYah. I was nourished by His favor. I rested in His perfection. I spread out my arms in my ascent, directing myself towards El Shaddai, and I was transforming[34] as I sped toward Him. Halleluyah.
I rested on MarYah’s Spirit, and She lifted me up into the sky, and She made me to stand on my feet in MarYah's high place, before His perfection and His kavod, where I continued venerating Him by the composition of His Odes. The Spirit brought me before MarYah's face, and because I was the Ben Adam, I was named for the Light, the Ben Elohim; because I was the most celebrated among those great ones, even the greatest among the great ones. For She made me in proportion to the greatness of El Shaddai; and according to His newness He renewed me. He anointed me with His perfection and I came to be among those who are near Him. My mouth was opened like a cloud of dew; my heart gushed like a gusher of righteousness. My approach was in shalom, and I was established in the Spirit of Providence. Halleluyah.
I stretched out my hands to MarYah; towards El Shaddai I raised my voice. I spoke out with my heart’s lips. When my voice reached him, He heard me. Then His Word came to me sa as to grant me the fruits of my labors. And by Maryah’s favor, He gave me rest. Halleluyah.
I rode up into the light of Truth as into a chariot, and Truth led me up and caused me to draw nearer.[35] He made me pass over chasms and gulfs, and saved me from cliffs and valleys. For me He became a sanctuary of salvation, and set me on the plane of timeless life. He accompanied me and caused me to take rest, yet He did not allow me to err; for He was and is the Truth. For me there was no danger because I walked with Him constantly; and I did not err in a single thing because I obeyed Him. For Error fled from Him, and never met Him. Truth was proceeding on the upright way; whatever I did not understand He showed me: like all the poisons of error and pains of death (that some think sweet). And Abaddon[36] destroying: I saw the depraved bride being celebrated[37] and the degenerate groom who corrupts her. I asked Truth, Who are these? He told me: It is the Deceiver and the Error. They imitate the Beloved and His Bride so to make the world err and thus corrupt it. They invite many to the wedding reception, allowing them all to drink freely of the wine that drugged them, so as to throw up their wisdom and knowledge, and prepare for them mindlessness. Then they abandon them; and so they stumble around like the mad and corrupt. Since there is no mind left inside them, they do not seek any. But I have been made aware not to fall into the hands of the Deceivers, and I myself rejoiced because the Truth had departed with me. For I was grounded and lived to be redeemed; my foundations were laid by the plan of MarYah's hand, for He planted me. He set the root, and watered it and endowed it and blessed it, and its fruits are timeless. The roots broke through deeply; it sprang up and spread out; and it became high and full. And MarYah only was esteemed in His planting and in His gardening, in His care and in the blessing of His lips, in the beautiful sowing of His right hand, in the success of His farming, and in His mind’s fond thoughts. Halleluyah.
Raging rivers are the power of MarYah; they send those who despise Him head over heels, and tangle up their paths, and tear out their roots, and snatch away their bodies, and wreck their lives. They are faster than lightning, even faster than that. But those who walk over them in trust will not be worried. No, those who walk on them perfectly will not even be shaken up. Why not? MarYah’s sign is on them, and that sign is the Way for those who walk in the name of MarYah. Therefore, put on the name of El Shaddai and get to know Him; then you will walk without danger since rivers will obey you. MarYah, by His Word, has bridged them and He crossed over them on foot. His footsteps stand firm on the waters and were not ruined; indeed, they are like a beam of wood built upon a foundation of truth.
The waves rose high on this side
then that, but the steps of our Mar MarYah stand firm.[38]
They are neither washed out nor ruined. The Way has been chosen for
those who step over after Him, for those who stick to the path of
His faith; and for those who love His name.
As honey drips from the bees’ comb and milk flows from the woman who loves her children, so also is my hope in You, Eli. As a fountain gushes forth its water, so my heart gushes forth the praise of MarYah, and my lips carry forth praise to Him. His anthems sweeten my tongue, and His odes anoint all my members. My face rejoices in His jubilation; my spirit lifts in His love, and my soul shines in Him. If the fearful will trust Him, redemption in Him is assured. His wealth is timeless life; those who receive it cannot perish. Halleluyah.
Let all MarYah's babes praise Him. May we all receive the truth of believing in Him. He will know His children, so let us sing about His love. We live in MarYah by His favor. We receive life by His Anointed One. For a great day has shined on us, and He who has given us His Shekinah[39] is awesome. So let all of us agree in the name of Yahweh, and let us honor Him in His goodness. So might our faces shine by His light; so may our hearts think by His love, both by night and day. Let us all rejoice with the jubilation of MarYah. All those who see me will be stunned, for I am from a different race. The Father of Truth remembered me; He who possessed me from the start. Indeed, His riches and His heart’s idea conceived me. His Word is with us in all our way, the Savior who gives life and never discards us. The Man who humbled Himself, yet was distinguished by His own righteousness. Yea, the Ben El Shaddai appeared in the perfection of His Father. Light dawned from the Memra,[40] from the before-time within Him. In truth, the Anointed One is Echad. He was known before the foundations of the world, that He would give life to persons for ever through the truth of His name. Halleluyah. (This new ode is for MarYah from the ones who love Him.)
Response from Elohymns.com:
I am an alien among you;
I may pass you back to life from
death and I shall. I stretch out my hands and draw near to Mari, for my hands spread out is His sign.[41] My reach is the standing tree, lifted high on the road of the Righteous One. I became of no use to those who did not hold me up; I will rather be with those who love me. Now all my persecutors are dead, all those who hunted me, all who vetoed me, all because I was alive. Now I have arisen and am with them. I will speak with their mouths, for they have loathed the ones who persecuted them. So I lifted the bondage of my love over them. Like the arm of the bridegroom over the bride, so is my yoke over those who know me. Just as the bed in the chamber of the bride and groom is spread, 12 so is my love spread over all those who believe me. Although I was considered to be discarded, I was not. Although they thought I had perished, I did not. Indeed, Sheol saw me and was shattered, and Death debarred me and many with me. I have been vinegar and gall to Abaddon,[42] and I descended down as deep as it goes. Then he unclenched My feet and head, he could not endure my face. I built a congregation of the living from among his dead; and I spoke with them all by living lips so my word might not be without value. And those who died ran towards me; they cried out, saying, Ben Elohim, take pity on us! Deal with us out of Your kindness! Fetch us from the bonds of gloom. Open the door so we might come out to You (since we reckon our death does not touch You). May we also be saved along with You! You are our Savior! I heard their voices, and I set their confidence(s) in my heart. So also I set My name upon their forehead(s), for now they are free and they are mine.[43] Halleluyah. [1] MarYah = the Aramaic expression of the sacred name YHWH. YAH is its poetic abbreviation. In translation, “Sovereign Yahweh.” [2] Ode 2 is lost. This Ode is a contemporary resetting of Ode . [3] Bacharim = chosen ones; the elect. [4] Yeshuati = my yeshua, my rescuer. [5] Qadosh = set-apart, devoted, holy. [6] The title Shaddai may have a feminine connation, according to mainstream scholars. Qaddoshim – those who have devoted themselves from the world to the Eternal. [8] Bacharim – those whom I have chosen; the elect. [9] Elohim Avi – My Father, the Strong One. [10] cf. Gospel of Thomas . [11] Or, “For the fragrant odor of trees changes in Your land.” [12] Or, “His descent or His way.” [13] Or, “families.” [14] Songs or psalms. [15] Or, “all their pieces.” [16] Eli, pronounced ail’EE, meaning “my Elohim.” [17] Or, “pathway.” [18] Rising, or “Resurrection.” [19] If this is the Nazarene speaking, we can see that his name, Yahshua (‘Jesus’) reflects the name of the Almighty, MarYah, Yahweh. [20] Revelation 12:3. [21] Or, “receive.” [22] Or, “adversaries.” [23] Ben Emet = “Son of Truth.” [24] Matthew 3:16, Mark 1:10, Luke 3:22, John 1:32. We see an evolution of the dove, beginning as a metaphor of the Ruach haQodesh, to an actual dove resting upon Him, and now the dove is singing. These passages compared make for a very revealing study. [25] Or, “hole.” [26] Or, “holiness,” “devotion,” or “oneness.” [27] “Rescue,” “salvation,” “saved,” and “help” are all definitions of Yahshua / Yeshua. [28] Or, “You are the right hand of salvation, and my Helper / Paraclete.” [29] That is, the standing up. [30] Or, “hands.” [31] Or, “head.” [32] Maror .. matuki = “I endured their bitterness by my sweetness.” [33] Or, “many.” [34] Or, “redeeming.” [35] Chariot = merkabah (RKB). [36] Abaddon = the destroyer, Rev. 9 & 20, which fits in with the motif of corrupt bride and groom. [37] Or, “adorned.” [38] Mar MarYah is an expression exactly like Yah Yahweh in Isaiah 12:2 "Behold El is my Salvation - I shall trust and not live in fear - for my strength and power is Yah Yahweh, becoming for me the yahshua (salvation).” [39] Shekinah (f.) = the living space of Yahweh; or, the radiance of that space, often translated ‘glory.’ [40] Memra = Word, Logos. [41] Mari = ‘my Sovereign.’ [42] The term Abaddon is the personification of Death and also the place of the dead. Abaddon means something like ‘nothingness’ or ‘total destruction.’ [43] The name Y’shua (Jəsus) means “Yahweh’s Rescuer.”
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