O Lord, for the sake of those who are in need, do not dismiss Your Word from me.
Nor, for the sake of their works, withhold Your perfection from me.
Let not light be conquered by darkness, nor let truth flee from falsehood.
Let Your right hand set our salvation to victory, and let it receive from every region, and preserve it on the side of everyone who is besieged by misfortunes.
You are my God, falsehood and death are not in Your mouth; only perfection is Your will.
And vanity You know not, because neither does it know You.
And You know not error; because neither does it know You.
And ignorance appeared like dust, and like the foam of the sea.
And vain people thought that it was great, and they became like its type and were impoverished.
But those who knew understood and contemplated, and were not polluted by their thoughts;
Because they were in the mind of the Most High, and mocked those who were walking in error.
Then they spoke the truth, from the breath which the Most High breathed into them.
Praise and great honor to His name.
Hallelujah.
Ode 19
A cup of milk was offered to me, and I drank it in the sweetness of the Lord's kindness.
The Son is the cup, and the Father is He who was milked; and the Holy Spirit is She who milked Him;
Because His breasts were full, and it was undesirable that His milk should be ineffectually released.
The Holy Spirit opened Her bosom, and mixed the milk of the two breasts of the Father.
Then She gave the mixture to the generation without their knowing, and those who have received it are in the perfection of the right hand.
The womb of the Virgin took it, and she received conception and gave birth.
So the Virgin became a mother with great mercies.
And she labored and bore the Son but without pain, because it did not occur without purpose.
And she did not require a midwife, because He caused her to give life.
She brought forth like a strong man with desire, and she bore according to the manifestation, and she acquired according to the Great Power.