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And I did not perish, for I was not their brother nor was my birth like theirs.

And they sought for my death and did not find it: for I was older than the memorial of them;

The Lord is my hope: in Him I shall not be confounded.

For I believed in the Lord's Messiah: and it appeared to me that He is the Lord;

That I might subdue the imaginations of the peoples; and the power of the men of might to bring them low:

And I gave praise to the Most High because He exalted me His servant and the son of His handmaid. Hallelujah.

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 endured and held my peace and was silent, as if not, moved by them.

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

And I bore their bitterness for humility's sake:

In order, that I might redeem my people, and inherit it and that I might not make void my promises to the fathers, to whom I promised the salvation of their seed. Hallelujah.

In order, that I might redeem my people, and inherit it and that I might not make void my promises to the fathers, to whom I promised the salvation of their seed. Hallelujah.

In order, that I might redeem my people, and inherit it and that I might not make void my promises to the fathers, to whom I promised the salvation of their seed. Hallelujah.

And forsake the ways of that corruption and draw near unto me, and I will enter into you, and will bring you forth from perdition,

Hear ye me and be redeemed. For the grace of God I am telling among you: and by my means you shall be redeemed and become blessed.

I am your judge; and they who have put me on shall not be injured: but they shall possess the new world that is incorrupt:

My chosen ones walk in me, and my ways I will make known to them that seek me, and I will make them trust in my name. Hallelujah.

My chosen ones walk in me, and my ways I will make known to them that seek me, and I will make them trust in my name. Hallelujah.

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:

And I grew great by His bounty, and rested in His perfection,

And I spread out my hands in the lifting up of my soul: and I was made right with the Most High, and I was redeemed with Him. Hallelujah.

And I spread out my hands in the lifting up of my soul: and I was made right with the Most High, and I was redeemed with Him. Hallelujah.

And I spread out my hands in the lifting up of my soul: and I was made right with the Most High, and I was redeemed with Him. Hallelujah.

I rested in the Spirit of the Lord: and the Spirit raised me on high:

And made me stand on my feet in the height of the Lord, before His perfection and His glory, while I was praising Him by the composition of His songs.

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:

While I praised amongst the praising ones, and great was I amongst the mighty ones.

While I praised amongst the praising ones, and great was I amongst the mighty ones.

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

And my access to Him was in peace; and I was established by the Spirit of His government. Hallelujah.

I stretched out my hands to my Lord: and to the Most I High I raised my voice:

I stretched out my hands to my Lord: and to the Most I High I raised my voice:

I stretched out my hands to my Lord: and to the Most I High I raised my voice:

And I spake with the lips of my heart; and He heard me, when my voice reached I Him:

And I spake with the lips of my heart; and He heard me, when my voice reached I Him:

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

And I ran no risk, because I walked with Him;

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 did not make an error in anything because I obeyed the Truth.

Whatever I did not know, it made clear to me, all the poisons of error, and the plagues of death which they think to be sweetness:

And I saw the destroyer of destruction, when the bride who is corrupted is adorned: and the who corrupts and is corrupted;

And I asked the Truth 'Who are these?'; and He said to me, 'This is the deceiver and the error:

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 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 I was established and lived and was redeemed,

All those will be astonished that see me. For from another race am I:

I stretched out my hands and approached my Lord:

And I became of no account to those who did not take hold of me; and I shall be with those who love me.

And I became of no account to those who did not take hold of me; and I shall be with those who love me.

All my persecutors are dead; and they sought after me who hoped in me, because I was alive:

And I rose up and am with them; and I will speak by their mouths.

And I rose up and am with them; and I will speak by their mouths.

And I lifted up over them the yoke of my love;

And I was not rejected though I was reckoned to be so.

And I was not rejected though I was reckoned to be so.

I did not perish, though they devised it against me.

I had gall and bitterness, and I went down with him to the utmost of his depth:

I had gall and bitterness, and I went down with him to the utmost of his depth:

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

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

And I heard their voice; and my name I sealed upon their heads:

And I heard their voice; and my name I sealed upon their heads: