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5. "'And all the rulers of the height have counted me as matter in which is no light. I
am become as a material power which hath fallen out of the rulers.

6. "'And all who are in the æons said: She hath become chaos. And thereafter all
the pitiless powers encompassed me together and proposed to take away the
whole light in me.
7. "'But I have trusted in thee, O Light, and said: Thou art my saviour.
8. "'And my commandment, which thou hast decreed for me, is in thy hands. Save
me out of the hands of the emanations of Self-willed, which oppress me and

persecute me.
9. "'Send thy light over me, for I am as naught before thee, and save me according
to thy compassion.
10. "'Let me not be despised, for I have sung praises unto thee, O Light. Let chaos

cover the emanations of Self-willed, let them be led down into the darkness.
11. "'Let the mouth of them be shut up, who would devour me with guile, who say:
Let us take the whole light in her,--although I have done them no ill.'"

CHAPTER 49
1. And when Jesus had spoken this, Matthew came forward and said: "My Lord, thy spirit
hath stirred me and thy light hath made me sober to proclaim this eighth repentance of

Pistis Sophia. For thy power hath prophesied thereof aforetime through David in the
thirtieth Psalm, saying:
2. "'On thee, O Lord, have I hoped. Let me never be put to shame; save me
according to thy righteousness.
3. "'Incline thine ear unto me, save me quickly. Be thou unto me a protecting God
and a house of refuge to save me.

4. "'For thou art my support and my refuge; for thy name's sake thou wilt guide me
and feed me.
5. "'And thou wilt draw me out of this snare, which they have laid privily for me; for
thou art my protection.

6. "'Into thy hands I will render my spirit; thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, God of
Truth.
7. "'Thou hast hated them who hold to vain emptiness; but I have trusted.
8. "'And I shall rejoice because of my Lord and make merry over thy grace. For thou
hast looked down upon my humbleness and saved my soul out of my necessities.
9. "'And thou hast not shut me up in the hands of my foes; thou hast set my feet on

a broad space.
10. "'Be gracious unto me, O Lord, for I am afflicted; my eye is distracted in the
wrath and my soul and my body.