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29. "And the word which thy power hath spoken: 'He will not be afraid of a mischance and
of a demon at mid-day,'--that is: Pistis Sophia hath not been afraid of the demon

emanation of Tyrant Adamas, which hath cast Pistis Sophia to the ground in a great
mischance, and which hath come forth out of Adamas out of the twelfth æon; wherefor
then hath thy power said: 'He will not be afraid of the demon mischance at mid-day,'--
'mid-day,' because it hath come out of the twelve æons, which is 'mid-day'; and again
['night,' because] it hath come out of the chaos, which is the 'night,' and because it hath
come out of the twelfth æon which is in the midst between both; therefore hath thy

light-power said 'mid-day,' because the twelve æons lie in the midst between the
thirteenth æon and the chaos.
30. "And again the word which thy light-power hath spoken through David: 'A thousand will
fall on his left, and ten thousand at his right hand, but they shall not come nigh him,'--

that is: When the emanations of Self-willed, which are exceedingly numerous, could not
bear the great light of the light-stream, many of them fell on the left hand of Pistis
Sophia and many at her right, and they could not come nigh her, to do her [harm].

31. "And the word which thy light-power hath spoken through David: 'Nay rather with thine
eyes wilt thou behold, and wilt see the requital of the sinners, for thou, O Lord, art my

hope,'--that is the word: Pistis Sophia hath with her eyes beheld her foes, that is the
emanations of Self-willed, who all have fallen one on another; not only hath she with
her eyes beheld this, but thou also thyself, my Lord, the First Mystery, hast taken the
light-power which is in the lion-faced power, and hast moreover taken the power of all

the emanations of Self-willed and moreover thou hast imprisoned them in that chaos,
[so that] from henceforth they have not gone forth to their own region. Therefore then
hath Pistis Sophia with her eyes beheld her foes, that is the emanations of Self-willed, in
all which David hath prophesied concerning Pistis Sophia, saying: 'Nay rather with thine
eyes wilt thou behold, and thou wilt see the requital of the sinners.' Not only hath she
with her eyes beheld, how they fall one on another in the chaos, but she hath also seen

the requital with which it was requited them.

32. Just as the emanations of Self-willed have thought to take away the light of Sophia from
her, so hast thou requited them and repaid them in full, and hast taken the light-power
in them instead of the lights of Sophia, who hath had faith in the Light of the Height.

33. "And as thy light-power hath spoken through David: 'Thou hast established the Most
High for thyself as refuge; harm will not come nigh unto thee, scourge will not come
nigh thy dwelling,'--that is: When Pistis Sophia had had faith in the Light and was
afflicted, she sang praises unto it, and the emanations of Self-willed could not inflict on
her any harm, nor could they [injure] her, nor could they at all come nigh her.