ΒΙΒΛΙΟΝ EKTON, Chapter 7

“Ἐξομολογησάσθωσαν τῷ κυρίῳ τὰ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ θαυμάσια αὐτοῦ τοῖς υἱοῖς τῶν ἀνθρώπων. ὅτι συνέτριψε πύλας χαλκὰς καὶ μοχλοὺς σιδηροῦς συνέθλασεν, ἀντελάβετο αὐτῶν ἐξ ὁδοῦ ἀνομίας αὐτῶν. διὰ γὰρ τὰς ἀνομίας αὐτῶν ἐταπεινώθησαν, πᾶν βρῶμα ἐβδελύξατο ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτῶν· καὶ ἤγγισαν ἴως τῶν πυλῶν τοῦ θανάτου, καὶ ἐκέκραξαν πρὸς κύριον ἐν τῷ θλίβεσθαι αὐτοὺς, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἀναγκῶν αὐτῶν ἔσωσεν αὐτούς· ἀπέστειλε τὸν λόγον αὑτοῦ 5 καὶ ἰάσατο αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐρρύσατο αὐτοὺς ἐκ τῶν διαφθορῶν αὐτῶν.”