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she was constrained,--and I sat with you in this region, that is on the Mount of Olives,--
that she sang praises to the Light, saying:

5. "'O Light of lights, I have had faith in thee. Save me from all these rulers who
pursue after me, and help me,
6. "'That in sooth they may never take from me my light, as the lion-faced power
[did]. For thy light is not with me and thy light-stream to save me. Nay, Adamas
is the more enraged against me, saying unto me: Thou hast imprisoned my
power in the chaos.

7. "'Now, therefore, O Light of lights, if I have done this and have imprisoned it, if I
have done any injustice at all to that power,
8. "'Or if I have constrained it, as it hath constrained me, then let all these rulers
who pursue after me, take my light from me and leave me empty;

9. "'And let foe Adamas pursue after my power and seize upon it and take my light
from me and cast it into his dark power which is in the chaos, and keep my
power in the chaos.
10. "'Now, therefore, O Light, lay hold on me in thy wrath and lift up thy power
above my foes who have lifted themselves up against me to the very end.
11. "'Quicken me quickly, as thou hast said unto me: I will help thee.'

CHAPTER 78
1. It came to pass then, when the First Mystery had finished saying these words unto the
disciples, that he said: "Who hath understood the words which I have spoken, let him
come forward and set forth their solution."
2. James came forward and said: "My Lord, concerning this song which Pistis Sophia hath
sung, thus thy light-power hath prophesied aforetime through David in the seventh

Psalm:
3. "'O Lord, my God, in thee have I hoped. Free me from my pursuers and save me,
4. "'That in sooth he may never steal away my soul as a lion, without any one to
deliver and save.

5. "'O Lord, my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
6. "'If I have requited those who requite me with evil, then let me fall down empty
through my foes.
7. "'And let the foe pursue after my soul and seize it, and trample my life to the
ground and lay my honour in the dust. (Selah.)
8. "'Arise, O Lord, in thy wrath, raise thyself up for the end of my foes.

9. "'Arise according to the commandment which thou hast commanded.'"