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13. "' Therefore then, O Light, cease not from me; turn thee, O Light, and save me
from the hands of the merciless.

14. "' May they who would take away my power, fall down and become powerless.
May they who would take away my light-power from me, be enwrapped in
darkness and sink into powerlessness.'
15. "This then is the second repentance which Pistis Sophia hath uttered, singing praises to
the Light."

CHAPTER 36
1. It came to pass then, when Jesus had finished speaking these words unto his disciples,
that he said unto them: "Do ye understand in what manner I discourse with you?"
2. And Peter started forward and said unto Jesus: "My Lord, we will not endure this
woman, for she taketh the opportunity from us and hath let none of us speak, but she
discourseth many times."

3. And Jesus answered and said unto his disciples: "Let him in whom the power of his spirit
shall seethe, so that he understandeth what I say, come forward and speak. But now,
Peter, I see thy power in thee, that it understandeth the solution of the mystery of the
repentance which Pistis Sophia hath uttered. Now, therefore, Peter, speak the thought

of her repentance in the midst of thy brethren."

4. And Peter answered and said unto Jesus: "O Lord, give ear that I may speak the thought
of her repentance, of which aforetime thy power prophesied through the prophet
David, uttering her repentance in the seventieth Psalm:
5. "'O God, my God, I have trusted in thee, let me no more be put to shame for

ever.
6. "'Save me in thy righteousness and set me free; incline thine ear unto me and
save me.
7. "'Be unto me a strong God and a firm place to save me; for thou art my strength

and my refuge.
8. "'My God, save me from the hand of the sinner and from the hand of the
transgressor and from the impious [one].
9. "'For thou art my endurance, O Lord, thou art my hope from my youth up.
10. "'I have trusted myself to thee from my mother's womb; thou hast brought me
out of my mother's womb. My remembrance is ever in thee.

11. "'I have become as the crazy for many; thou art my help and my strength, thou
art my deliverer, O Lord.