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And He is as a garland on my head and I shall not be moved; even if everything should be shaken, I stand firm;

For there went forth a stream and became a river great and broad;

For there went forth a stream and became a river great and broad;

For I have a helper, the Lord.

For He hath given a mouth to His creation, to open the voice of the mouth towards Him, to praise Him:

A stone of great price is it; and there have been wars on account of the crown.

To convert the souls of them who are willing to come to Him; and to lead captive a good captivity for freedom.

And I worshipped the Lord on account of His glory; and I said, Blessed, O Lord, are they who are planted in thy land! and those who have a place in thy Paradise;

And everything became like a relic of thyself, and memorial for ever of thy faithful works.

As the eyes of a son to his father, so are my eyes, O Lord, at all times towards thee.

The choking bonds were cut off by her hands: I received the face and the fashion of a new person: and I walked in it and was saved;

And all that have seen me were amazed: and I was regarded by them as a strange person:

And ignorance appeared like a blind man; and like the foam of the sea,

A cup of milk was offered to me: and I drank it in the sweetness of the delight of the Lord.

The Spirit opened the womb of the Virgin and she received conception and brought forth; and the Virgin became a Mother with many mercies;

And she travailed and brought forth a Son, without incurring pain;

And because she was not sufficiently prepared, and she had not sought a midwife (for He brought her to bear) she brought forth, as if she were a man, of her own will;

And because she was not sufficiently prepared, and she had not sought a midwife (for He brought her to bear) she brought forth, as if she were a man, of her own will;

I am a priest of the Lord, and to Him I do priestly service: and to Him I offer the sacrifice of His thought.

Thou shalt not acquire a stranger by the price of thy silver, neither shalt thou seek to devour thy neighbour,

But put on the grace of the Lord without stint; and come into His Paradise and make thee a garland from its tree,

And my soul acquired a body free from sorrow or affliction or pains.

Thou wast there and didst help me, and in every place thy name was a rampart me

And His thought was like a letter; His will descended from on high, and it was sent like an arrow which is violently shot from the bow:

But a wheel received it and came over it:

And there was with it a sign of the Kingdom and of the Government:

And it gathered the multitude of adversaries, and bridged the rivers and crossed over and rooted up many forests and made a broad path.

The head went down to the feet, for down to the feet ran the wheel, and that which was a sign upon it.

And the letter was a great volume, which was wholly written by the. finger of God:

And every one of them that was imperfect perished: for it was not possible to give them a word that they might remain:

Thou didst set me a lamp at my right hand and at my left: and in me there shall be nothing that is not bright:

Like a river which has an abundant fountain, and flows to the help of them that seek it. Hallelujah.

He opened His mouth and spake grace and joy: and He spake a new song of praise to His name:

And they made me a debtor when I rose up, me who had been a debtor: and they divided my spoil, though nothing was due to them.

And they made me a debtor when I rose up, me who had been a debtor: and they divided my spoil, though nothing was due to them.

But I stood unshaken like a firm rock which is beaten by the waves and endures.

And He stood on a lofty summit and uttered His voice from one end of the earth to the other:

But there stood a perfect virgin who was proclaiming and calling and saying,

No way is hard where there is a simple heart.

And there came forth from them a smoke and a judgment; and I was keeping quiet in the order of the Lord:

And there came forth from them a smoke and a judgment; and I was keeping quiet in the order of the Lord:

And I was carried like a child by his mother: and He gave me milk, the dew of the Lord:

The Spirit brought me forth before the face of the Lord: and, although a son of man, I was named the Illuminate, the Son of God:

And I became one of His Neighbours; and my mouth was opened, like a cloud of dew,

And my heart poured out as it were a gushing stream of righteousness,

I went up to the light of truth as if into a chariot:

And it became to me a haven of Salvation: and set me on the arms of immortal life:

And His footsteps stand firm on the water, and are not injured; they are as firm as a tree that is truly set up.

And a way has been appointed for those who cross after Him and for those who adhere to the course of faith in Him and worship His name. Hallelujah.

For a great day has shined upon us: and marvellous is He who has given us of His glory.

That He might save souls for ever by the truth of His name: a new song arises from those who love Him. Hallelujah.

And I made a congregation of living men amongst his dead men, and I spake with them by living lips: