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I had wrought on her below in the earth of mankind, until I saved her. She came into the
midst of the invisibles, and in their midst sang praises unto me, saying:

4. "'I will give thanks unto thee, O Light, for thou art a saviour; thou art a deliverer
for all time.
5. "'I will utter this song to the Light, for it hath saved me and saved me out of the
hand of the rulers, my foes.
6. "'And thou hast preserved me in all the regions, thou hast saved me out of the
height and the depth of the chaos and out of the æons of the rulers of the

sphere.
7. "'And when I was come out of the Height, I wandered round in regions in which
is no light, and I could not return to the thirteenth æon, my dwelling-place.
8. "'For there was no light in me nor power. My power was utterly weakened (?).

9. "'And the Light saved me in all my afflictions. I sang praises unto the Light, and it
hearkened unto me, when I was constrained.
10. "'It guided me in the creation of the æons to lead me up into the thirteenth æon,
my dwelling-place.
11. "'I will give thanks unto thee, O Light, that thou hast saved me, and for thy
wondrous works unto the race of men.

12. "'When I failed of my power, thou hast given me power; and when I failed of my
light, thou didst fill me with purified light.
13. "'I was in the darkness and in the shadow of the chaos, bound with the mighty
fetters of the chaos, and no light was in me.

14. "'For I have provoked the commandment of the Light and have transgressed, and
I have made wroth the commandment of the Light, because I had gone out of my
region.
15. "'And when I had gone down, I failed of my light and became without light, and
no one had helped me.
16. "'And in my affliction I sang praises unto the Light, and it saved me out of my

afflictions.
17. "'And it hath also broken asunder all my bonds and led me up out of the
darkness and the affliction of the chaos.
18. "' I will give thanks unto thee, O Light, that thou hast saved me and that thy
wondrous works have been wrought in the race of men.

19. "'And thou hast shattered the upper gates of the darkness and the mighty bolts
of the chaos.
20. "'And thou didst let me depart out of the region in which I had transgressed, and
my light was taken, because I have transgressed.
21. "'And I ceased from my mysteries and went down to the gates of the chaos.