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8. "'And thou wert with me, helping me; in all regions thy name surrounded me.
9. "'Thy right hand hath destroyed the venom of the slanderer; thy hand hath

cleared the way for thy faithful.
10. "'Thou hast freed them out of the tombs and hast removed them from the midst
of the corpses.
11. "'Thou hast taken dead bones and hast clothed them with a body and to them
who stirred not, hast thou given the activity of life.
12. "'Thy way is become indestructibleness and thy face [also].

13. "'Thou hast led thy æon above decay, so that they all may be loosed and
renewed and thy light become a foundation for them all.
14. "'Thou hast piled thy riches upon them and they have become a holy dwelling-
place.'

15. "This then, my Lord, is the solution of the song which Pistis Sophia hath uttered.
Hearken, therefore, that I may say it in openness.
16. "The word which thy power hath spoken through Solomon: 'Who hath led me down out
of the higher regions which are above, he hath also led me up out of the regions which
are in the bottom below,'--it is the word which Pistis Sophia hath spoken: 'I sing praises
unto thee; through thy commandment hast thou led me down out of this higher æon

which is above, and hast led me to the regions below. And again through thy
commandment thou hast saved me and led me up out of the regions which are below.'
17. "And the word which thy power hath spoken through Solomon: 'Who hath there taken
those in the midst and hath taught me concerning them,'--it is the word which Pistis

Sophis hath spoken: 'And again through thy commandment hast thou caused the matter
in the midst of my power to be purified, and I have seen it.'
18. "And moreover the word which thy power hath spoken through Solomon: 'Who hath
scattered my foes and my adversaries,'--it is the word which Pistis Sophia hath spoken:
'Thou hast scattered far from me all the emanations of Self-willed which constrained me
and were hostile to me.'

19. "And the word which thy power hath spoken: 'Who hath bestowed on me wisdom over
the bonds, to unloose them,'--it is the word which Pistis Sophia hath spoken: 'And he
hath bestowed on me wisdom to loose myself from the bonds of those emanations.'
20. "And the word which thy power hath spoken: Who hath smitten the serpent with the
seven heads with my hands, he hath set me up above its root, that I may extinguish its

seed,'--it is the word which Pistis Sophia hath spoken: 'And thou hast smitten the
serpent with the seven heads through my hands and set me up above its matter. Thou
hast destroyed it, so that its seed may not raise itself up from now on.'
21. "And the word which thy power hath spoken: 'And thou wert with me, helping me,'--it is
the word which Pistis Sophia hath spoken: 'And thou wert with me, giving me power in

all this.'