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about again all together, oppressing her vehemently. Because of this then she uttered
the eighth repentance, because they had not ceased to oppress her, and had turned

about to oppress her to the utmost. She uttered this repentance, saying thus:
6. "'On thee, O Light, have I hoped. Leave me not in the chaos; deliver me and save
me according to thy gnosis.
7. "'Give heed unto me and save me. Be unto me a saviour, O Light, and save me
and lead me unto thy light.
8. "'For thou art my saviour and wilt lead me unto thee. And because of the

mystery of thy name lead me and give me thy mystery.
9. "'And thou wilt save me from this lion-faced power, which they have laid as a
snare for me, for thou art my saviour.
10. "'And in thy hands will I lay the purification of my light; thou hast saved me, O

Light, according to thy gnosis.
11. "'Thou art become wroth with them who keep watch over me and will not be
able to lay hold of me utterly. But I have had faith in the Light.
12. "'I will rejoice and will sing praises that thou hast had mercy upon me and hast
heeded and saved me from the oppression in which I was. And thou wilt set free
my power out of the chaos.

13. "'And thou hast not left me in the hand of the lion-faced power; but thou hast
led me into a region which is not oppressed.'"

CHAPTER 48
1. When then Jesus had said this unto his disciples, he answered again and said unto them:
"It came to pass then, when the lion-faced power had noticed that Pistis Sophia had not
been led up altogether out of the chaos, that it came again with all the other material

emanations of Self-willed, and they oppressed Pistis Sophia again. It came to pass then,
when they oppressed her, that she cried out in the same repentance, saying:
2. "'Have mercy upon me, O Light, for they have oppressed me again. Because of
thy commandment, the light in me is distracted and my power and my

understanding.
3. "'My power hath begun to wane whiles I am in these afflictions, and the number
of my time whiles I am in the chaos. My light is diminished, for they have taken
away my power from me, and all the powers in me are tossed about.
4. "'I am become powerless in the presence of all the rulers of the æons, who hate
me, and in the presence of the four-and-twenty emanations, in whose region I

was. And my brother, my pair, was afraid to help me, because of that in which
they have set me.