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That they may go forth to meet Him, and may sing to Him with joy and with the harp of many tones:

The seers shall come before Him and they shall be seen before Him,

And they shall praise the Lord for His love: because He is near and beholdeth.

They who make songs shall sing the grace of the Lord Most High;

And they shall bring their songs, and their heart shall be like the day: and like the excellent beauty of the Lord their pleasant song:

For I know them, and before they came into being I took knowledge of them, and on their faces I set my seal:

I fashioned their members: my own breasts I prepared for them, that they might drink my holy milk and live thereby.

For my workmanship are they and the strength of my thoughts:

I willed and fashioned mind and heart: and they are mine, and by my own right hand I set my elect ones:

And my righteousness goeth before them and they shall not be deprived of my name, for it is with them.

And they that are saved in Him that was saved;

An everlasting crown for ever is Truth. Blessed are they who set it on their heads:

And I was unpolluted by my love for them, because they confessed me in high places: and the traces of the light were set upon their heart:

And they walked in my life and were saved and became my people for ever and ever. Hallelujah.

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 they grow by the fruits of the trees. And they have changed from darkness to light.

And they grow by the fruits of the trees. And they have changed from darkness to light.

And they have turned back the bitterness of the trees from them, when they were planted in thy, land;

And they have turned back the bitterness of the trees from them, when they were planted in thy, land;

And from it came love and concord; and they spake one to the other whatever was theirs; and they were penetrated by the Word;

And from it came love and concord; and they spake one to the other whatever was theirs; and they were penetrated by the Word;

And they knew Him who made them, because they were in concord; for the mouth of the Most High spake to them; and His explanation ran by means of it:

And they knew Him who made them, because they were in concord; for the mouth of the Most High spake to them; and His explanation ran by means of it:

Blessed are they who by means thereof have understood everything, and have known the Lord in His truth. Hallelujah.

And they know not how to stand and be idle; and His heavenly hosts are subject to His word.

And I sowed my fruits in hearts, and transformed them into myself: and they received my blessing and lived;

And they were gathered to me and were saved; because they were to me as my own members and I was their head. Glory to thee our head, the Lord Messiah. Hallelujah.

And they were gathered to me and were saved; because they were to me as my own members and I was their head. Glory to thee our head, the Lord Messiah. Hallelujah.

My members were strengthened that they might not fall from His strength.

And they supposed of that vain thing that it was something great;

And they too came in likeness of it and became vain; and those have understood who have known and meditated;

And they have not been corrupt in their imagination; for such were in the mind of the Lord;

And they mocked at them that were walking in error;

And they spake truth from the inspiration which the Most High breathed into them; Praise and great comeliness to His name Hallelujah.

And they who receive in its fulness are the ones on the right hand.

They were motionless, and thou didst give them energy for life.

Joy is of the saints! and who shall put it on, but they alone?

And it escaped their fingers and they were affrighted at it and at the seal that was upon it.

Because it was not permitted to them to loose its seal: for the power that was over the seal was greater than they.

But those who saw it went after the letter that they might know where it would alight, and who should read it and who should hear it.

The birds dropped their wings and all creeping things died in their holes: and the abysses were opened which had been hidden; and they cried to the Lord like women in travail:

And they sealed up the abysses with the seal of the Lord. And they perished, in the thought, those that had existed from ancient times;

And they sealed up the abysses with the seal of the Lord. And they perished, in the thought, those that had existed from ancient times;

For they were corrupt from the beginning; and the end of their corruption was life:

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

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.

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.

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;

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 they came round me like mad dogs, who ignorantly attack their masters,

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

And vainly did they make attack upon me and those who, without reward, came after me:

They sought to destroy the memorial of him who was before them.

And it came infinitely and invisibly: and until it was set in the midst they did not know it:

Blessed are they who have drunk therefrom and have found rest thereby. 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.

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.

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:

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:

It was to me for salvation: everything was shaken and they were affrighted;

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 they are alike in the beloved and in his bride: and they lead astray and corrupt the whole world:

And they are alike in the beloved and in his bride: and they lead astray and corrupt the whole world:

And they invite many to the banquet,

And give them to drink of the wine of their intoxication, and remove their wisdom and knowledge, and so they make them without intelligence;

And then they leave them; and then these go about like madmen corrupting: seeing that-they are without heart, nor do they seek for it!

And then they leave them; and then these go about like madmen corrupting: seeing that-they are without heart, nor do they seek for it!

And then they leave them; and then these go about like madmen corrupting: seeing that-they are without heart, nor do they seek for it!

And they carry headlong those who despise Him: and entangle their paths:

And they sweep away their fords, and catch their bodies and destroy their lives.

For they are more swift than lightning and more rapid, and those who cross them in faith are not moved;

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

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

For they have despised those who persecuted them;

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

And the feet and the head he let go, for they were not able to endure my face:

And those who had died ran towards me: and they cried and said, Son of God, have pity on us, and do with us according to thy kindness,

For they are free men and they are mine. Hallelujah.

For they are free men and they are mine. Hallelujah.