Thy right (hand) is that which exalted me, and thou tookest the weakness [139 ] away from me, I became prevailing in thy truthfulness, being cleansed in thy righteousness.
Were distant away from me those who fight against me.
And I was justified in thy kindness, because thy rest becometh ever unto age of the age.
This therefore, O my Lord, is the explanation of the repentance which said the Pistis Sophia, having been delivered from the Chaos.
Hear therefore, that I may say in boldness.
The word therefore which thy power of light said by Solomon, I was delivered out of the bonds I ran (close) to thee, O Lord.
That is the word which said the Pistis Sophia, I was loosened from the bonds of the darkness, I came (close) to thee, O Light.
[140 ] And the word which said thy power, Thou becamest to me on (the) right, thou art delivering me and thou art helping me.
That also is the word which said the Pistis Sophia, Thou becamest light on every part of me, and thou art helping me.
And the word which thy power of light said, Thou preventedst those who fight against me, and they were not manifested.
That is the word which said the Pistis Sophia.
And the emanations of the Self-willed, these which fight against me, thou preventedst them by thy light, and they were not able to approach in unto me.
And the word which thy power said, Thy face was becoming with me in thy grace.
That is the word which said [140 ] the Pistis Sophia.
Thy light was becoming with me delivering me by thy effluence of Light.
And the 76 word which thy power said, I was insulted before a multitude and they cast me out.
That is the word which said the Pistis Sophia.
Oppressed me the emanations of the Self-willed.
And they took away my power from me, and I was despised with them.
And they cast me out in the Chaos there being not light in me.
And the word which thy power of light said, I became as lead before them.
That is the word which said the Pistis Sophia, they having taken away my light from me I became as matter being heavy with them [141 ].
And the word also which thy power said, And became to me a power from thee, helping me.
That also is the word which said the Pistis Sophia, And after these (things) a power of light came to me from thee, delivering me.
And the word which thy power said, Thou puttest torches on the right of me and on the left of me, that not anything about me should become being lightless.
That is the word which said the Pistis Sophia, Thy power made light on right of me and left of me and (was) surrounding me on every part, that not anything about me should become lightless.
And the word which thy power said, Thou shelteredst me [141 ] in the shadow of thy mercy.
That also is the word which said the Pistis Sophia.
And thou coveredst over me with the light of thy effluence.
And the word which thy power said, I became above the coats of skin.
That also is the word which said the Pistis Sophia, And they purged away from me all my matters evil.
And I was exalted above them through thy light.
And the word which thy power said by Solomon, Thy right (hand) is that which exalted me, and it took the weakness away from me.
That is the word which said the Pistis Sophia, And thine effluence of Light, that is that which exalted me by thy light, and it took away from me the emanations of Self-willed [142 ], these which were afflicting me.
Themes
◆Anthropomorphismtheology
Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery.
The divine is addressed directly as 'Thy right (hand)' and 'O Lord,' attributing human physical attributes to the deity.
A chain of divine beings or principles flowing downward from a single transcendent source (the One or the Father), each level less perfect than the one above.
References are made to 'emanations of the Self-willed' that fight against the speaker and must be prevented by divine light.
Augustinian and Plotinian doctrine that evil has no positive being of its own but is a lack, distortion, or absence of the good — denying ontological dualism while preserving moral seriousness.
Evil is described as a lack of light ('there being not light in me') rather than a positive force.
The felt condition of exile from one's divine origin — Rumi's reed flute torn from its bed, Plotinus's 'we have forgotten,' the Gnostic forgetfulness; the affective wound that complements return_to_source and gives the return its motive.
The speaker recounts being distant from God and oppressed by emanations of the Self-willed before liberation.
The doctrine — central to Eastern Orthodox and Maximian theology — that the human person is progressively transformed into a partaker of the divine nature by grace, not merely justified or united in passing ecstasy.
The speaker claims to be cleansed in righteousness and exalted above coats of skin evil through divine light.