Ode 11 — the spring of living water
James H. Charlesworth / J.R. Harris (composite, selections) · Public domain / scholarly composite. Reproduced for educational and religious commentary.
1My heart was cleft, and its flower appeared; and grace sprang up in it, and it brought forth fruit unto the Lord.
2For the Most High clave my heart by his holy Spirit, and searched out my affection towards him, and filled me with his love. And his cleaving became my salvation.
3I ran in the way of his peace, even in the way of truth: from the beginning until the end I have learned by his judgments. I rejected the folly cast over the earth.
4And I drank, and was inebriated, with the living water that does not die. And my inebriation was not one without knowledge; but I forsook vanity, and turned to the Most High my God, and was enriched by his bounty.
5I forsook the folly which is diffused over the earth; and I stripped it off, and cast it from me. And the Lord renewed me in his garment, and possessed me by his light.
6And from above he gave me rest in his incorruption — the rest of those whose foundation is the Lord.
7Hallelujah.