Pistis Sophia

Pistis Sophia — G. R. S. Mead — Section 55

m the Clay when 1 shall be constramed. fromPsaim Haste thee, and hear me, in the day when I shall cry unto thee, for my days are consumed like smoke, (66) and my bones are parched like stone. I am mowed down like the grass, and my heart is withered, for I have for- gotten to eat my bread. Because of the sound of my groaning, my bones have cleaved to my flesh. I am become like the pelican in the wilderness ; like the owl in a house. I have passed the night long in watching ; I am become as the sparrow alone upon the house-top. My enemies revile me all the day long, and they who honoured me, cursed me ; for I have eaten ashes as though it were bread, and mingled my drink with tears, before thy indignation and thy wrath ; for thou hast lifted me up and cast me to the earth. My days have declined like a shadow, and I am dried up like the grass. 66 PISTIS SOPHIA. " ' But thou, lord, thou art for ever, and thy remembrance is from generation to generation. Arise, therefore, and have mercy upon Sion, for the time hath come to have mercy upon her, yea, thy time hath come. Thy servants have sought her stones, and will take pity on her soil, that the nation may fear the name of the lord, and the kings of the earth thy glory ; for the lord shall build Sion to reveal himself in his glory. He hath regarded the prayer of them that are humble, and hath not despised their supplication. Let them write this in another book, and the people that will be engendered shall bless the lord, for he hath looked down from his holy height. The lord hath gazed upon the heaven and the earth, to hear the sighs of them that are bound ; (67) to unloose the children of them whom they have killed, that they may utter the name of the lord in Sion and his praise in Jerusalem.' " This, 0 Master, is the interpretation of the mystery of the repentance, recited by Pistis Sophia." It came to pass, when John had finished Jesus com- spcakiug thesc words to Jesus, in the John. midst of the disciples, that Jesus said unto him : " Well said, John, the virgin, who shall rule in the kingdom of light." And Jesus continued his conversation, and FIKST BOOK. 67