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Ode 25
Back again to personal experience.
1I was rescued from my bonds and unto thee, my God, I fled:
2For thou art the right hand of my Salvation and my helper.
3Thou hast restrained those that rise up against me,
4And I shall see him no more: because thy face was with me, which saved me by thy grace.
5But I was despised and rejected in the eye of many: and I was in their eyes like lead,
6And strength was mine from thyself and help.
7Thou didst set me a lamp at my right hand and at my left: and in me there shall be nothing that is not bright:
8And I was clothed with the covering of thy Spirit, and thou didst remove from me my raiment of skin;
9For thy right hand lifted me up and removed sickness from me:
10And I became mighty in: the truth, and holy by thy righteousness; and all my adversaries were afraid of me;
11And I became admirable by the name of the Lord, and was justified by His gentleness, and His rest is for ever and ever. Hallelujah.