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12. "'My mouth was filled with glorifying, that I may praise the glory of thy
splendour the whole day long.
13. "'Cast me not away in the time of age; if my soul fades, forsake me not.
14. "'For mine enemies have spoken evil against me and they who lay in wait for my
soul, have taken counsel against my soul,
15. "'Saying together: God hath forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is no
saviour.
16. "'God, give heed to my help.
17. "'Let them be ashamed and destroyed who calumniate my soul. Let them be
enwrapped in shame and disgrace who seek evil against me.'
18. "This then is the solution of the second repentance which Pistis Sophia hath
uttered."
CHAPTER 37
1. The Saviour answered and said unto Peter: "Finely, Peter; this is the solution of her
repentance. Blessed are ye before all men on the earth, because I have revealed unto
you these mysteries. Amēn, amēn, I say unto you:
2. I will perfect you in all fulness from the mysteries of the interior to the mysteries
of the exterior and fill you with the spirit, so that ye shall be called 'spiritual,
perfected in all fulness.'
3. And, amēn, amēn, I say unto you:
4. I will give unto you all the mysteries of all the regions of my Father and of all the
regions of the First Mystery, so that he whom ye shall admit on earth, shall be
admitted into the Light of the height; and he whom ye shall expel on earth, shall
be expelled from the kingdom of my Father in the heaven.
5. But hearken, therefore, and give ear attentively to all the repentances which Pistis
Sophia hath uttered.
6. She continued again and uttered the third repentance, saying:
7. "'O Light of powers, give heed and save me.
8. "'May they who would take away my light, lack and be in the darkness. May they
who would take away my power, turn into chaos and be put to shame.
9. "'May they turn quickly to darkness, who press me sore and say: We have
become lords over her.
10. "'May rather all those who seek the Light, rejoice and exult, and they who desire
thy mystery, say ever: May the mystery be exalted.
11. "'Save me then now, O Light, for I lacked my light, which they have taken away,
and I needed my power, which they have taken from me. Thou then, O Light,