And Trypho said: Sir, it were well if we had obeyed our teachers, when they made a law that we should hold no converse with any of you, and had not discussed these subjects with you personally. For you say many blasphemous things, thinking to persuade us that this man who was crucified has been with Moses and Aaron, and has spoken to them in a pillar of a cloud, that he then became man and was crucified, and has ascended into heaven, and comes again on earth, and is to be worshipped.
And I answered: I know that, as the word of God said, this great wisdom of the Almighty God who made the universe is hidden from you. Therefore I feel for you, and toil and strive that ye may understand these our utterances which seem to you so strange, and, if otherwise, that I myself may be guiltless in the day of judgment. For you will hear still other words that will seem even more strange. But be ye not troubled, but rather become and remain more zealous hearers and investigators, despising the tradition of your own teachers, since they are convicted by the spirit of prophecy of not being able to perceive the things that were spoken by God, but rather of preferring to teach that which comes from themselves.
In the forty-fourth Psalm therefore have these sayings likewise been said of Christ. My heart overflowed with good matter, I speak my works to the King. My tongue is the reed of a swiftly-writing scribe. Fairer in beauty than the sons of men, grace was poured out in Thy lips; therefore God blessed Thee for ever. Gird Thyself with Thy sword on Thy thigh, O Mighty One. With Thy fairness and Thy beauty even stretch Thy bow and prosper and reign, for the sake of truth and meekness and righteousness, and Thy right hand shall guide Thee marvellously. Thy weapons are sharpened, O Mighty One, peoples shall fall beneath Thee, in the heart of the enemies of the King.
Thy throne, (even) God, is for ever and ever; the sceptre of Thy kingdom is a sceptre of equity. Thou didst love righteousness and didst hate iniquity; therefore God, Thy God, anointed Thee with the oil of gladness more than Thy companions. With myrrh, and oil of myrrh, and cassia, from Thy garments, from (the) ivory towers, out of which they made Thee glad. King’s daughters were in Thy (circle of) honour; the Queen stood at Thy right hand, clothed in raiment shot with gold, arrayed in many colours. Hear, Daughter, and see, and incline thine ear, and forget thy people and thy father’s house — and the King shall long for thy beauty, because He is thy Lord, and men shall worship Him.
And Tyre’s daughter (is there) with gifts; the rich of the people shall entreat thy face. All the glory of the king’s daughter is within, clothed with tunics fringed with gold, arrayed in many colours. Virgins shall be brought to the King after Him; they that are near her shall be brought to Thee. They shall be brought in joy and gladness, they shall be led unto the King’s temple. Instead of Thy fathers were Thy sons born; Thou shalt set them as rulers over all the earth. I will remember Thy name in every single generation; therefore shall peoples give thanks to Thee for ever, and for ever and ever.