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Ode 22
Like the Psalms of David in their exultation because of freedom.
1He who brought me down from on high, also brought me up from the regions below;
2And He who gathers together the things that are betwixt is He also who cast me down:
3He who scattered my enemies had existed from ancient and my adversaries:
4He who gave me authority over bonds that I might loose them;
5He that overthrew by my hands the dragon with seven heads: and thou hast set me over his roots that I might destroy his seed.
6Thou wast there and didst help me, and in every place thy name was a rampart me
7Thy right hand destroyed his wicked poison; and thy hand levelled the way for those who believe in thee.
8And thou didst choose them from the graves and didst separate them from the dead.
9Thou didst take dead bones and didst cover them with bodies.
10They were motionless, and thou didst give them energy for life.
11Thy way was without corruption, and thy face; thou didst bring thy world to corruption: that everything might be dissolved, and then renewed,
12And that the foundation for everything might be thy rock: and on it thou didst build thy kingdom; and it became the dwelling place of the saints. Hallelujah.