Plain text of Ode 39
1 Great rivers are the power of the Lord:
2 and they carry headlong those who despise Him: and entangle their paths:
3 and they sweep away their fords, and catch their bodies and destroy their lives.
4 For they are more swift than lightning and more rapid, and those who cross them in faith are not moved;
5 and those who walk on them without blemish shall not be afraid.
6 For the sign in them is the Lord; and the sign is the way of those who cross in the name of the Lord:
7 put on, therefore, the name of the Most High, and know Him: and you shall cross without danger, for the rivers will be subject to you.
8 The Lord has bridged them by His word; and [the Messiah] walked and crossed them on foot:
9 and his footsteps stand firm on the water, and are not injured; they are as firm as a tree that is truly set up.
10 And the waves were lifted up on this side and on that, but the footsteps of our [master] Messiah stand firm and are not obliterated and are not defaced.
11 And a way has been appointed for those who cross after him and for those who adhere to the course of faith in Him and worship His name. Hallelujah.