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OT Pseudepigrapha
And the Holy Spirit milked Him: because His breasts were full, and it was necessary for Him that His milk should be sufficiently released;
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;
My arms I lifted up to the Most High, even to the grace of the Lord: because He had cast off my bonds from me: and my Helper had lifted me up to His grace and to His salvation:
Because it was not permitted to them to loose its seal: for the power that was over the seal was greater than they.
The Dove fluttered over the Messiah, because He was her head; and she sang over Him and her voice was heard:
And no food was given to them, because it did not belong to them;
For they who in their hearts were lifted up were deficient in wisdom, and so they were rejected, because the truth was not with them.
And I shall see him no more: because thy face was with me, which saved me by thy grace.
They who saw me marvelled at me, because I was persecuted, and they supposed that I was swallowed up: for I seemed to them as one of the lost;
And my oppression became my salvation; and I was their reprobation because there was no zeal in me;
Because I did good to every man I was hated,
And I gave praise to the Most High because He exalted me His servant and the son of His handmaid. Hallelujah.
And it went with me and made me rest, and suffered me not to wander, because it was the Truth;
And I ran no risk, because I walked with Him;
And I did not make an error in anything because I obeyed the Truth.
And I was made wise so as not to fall into the hands of the deceiver; and I congratulated myself because the Truth went with me,
And my foundations were laid on the hand of the Lord: because He established me.
All my persecutors are dead; and they sought after me who hoped in me, because I was alive:
Because my word shall not be void: