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