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18. "' And increase him with many days and show him my salvation.'
19. "This, my Lord, is the solution of the words which thou hast said. Hearken therefore,

that I may say it in openness.

20. "The word then which thy power hath spoken through David: 'Whoso then dwelleth
under the help of the Most High, will abide under the shadow of the God of heaven,'--
that is: When Sophia had trusted in the Light, she abode under the light of the light-
stream, which through thee came out of the Height.

21. "And the word which thy power hath spoken through David: 'I will say unto the Lord:
Thou art my succour and my refuge, my God, in whom I trust,'--it is the word with which
Pistis Sophia hath sung praises: 'Thou art my succour, and I come unto thee.'
22. "And again the word which thy power hath spoken: 'My God, in whom I trust, thou wilt

save me out of the snare of the hunters and from mighty word,'--it is what Pistis Sophia
hath said: 'O Light, I have faith in thee, for thou wilt save me from the emanations of
Self-willed and from those of Adamas, the Tyrant, and thou wilt save me also from all
their mighty threats.'
23. "And again the word which thy power hath spoken through David: 'He will shade thee
with his breast, and thou wilt have trust beneath his wings,'--that is: Pistis Sophia hath

been in the light of the light-stream, which hath come from thee, and hath continued in
firm trust in the light, that on her left and that on her right, which are the wings of the
light-stream.
24. "And the word which thy light-power hath prophesied through David: 'Truth will

surround thee as a shield,'--it is the light of the light-stream which hath surrounded
Pistis Sophia on all her sides as a shield.
25. "And the word which thy power hath spoken: 'He will not be afraid of terror by night,'--
that is: Pistis Sophia hath not been afraid of the terrors and alarms into which she had
been planted in the chaos, which is the 'night.'

26. "And the word which thy power hath spoken:
27. He will not be afraid of an arrow which flieth by day,'--that is: Pistis Sophia hath not
been afraid of the power which Self-willed hath sent last of all out of the height, and
which hath come into the chaos as it were a flying arrow. Thy light-power therefore
hath said: 'Thou wilt not be afraid of an arrow which flieth by day,' for that power hath

come out of the thirteenth æon, it being that which is lord over the twelve æons, and
which giveth light unto all the æons; wherefor hath he [David] said 'day.'
28. "And again the word which thy power hath spoken: 'He will not be afraid of a thing
which slinketh in the darkness,'--that is: Sophia hath not been afraid of the lion-faced
emanation, which caused fear for Pistis Sophia in the chaos, which is the 'darkness.'