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8421.\Thou art my succour and my refuge, my God, in whom I trust,'--it is the word with which Pistis Sophia hath sung praises:'Thou art mysuccour, and I come unto thee.'22.\save me out of the snare of the hunters and from mighty word,'--it is what Pistis Sophia hath said: 'O Light, I have faith in thee, for thou wilt save me from the emanations of Self-willed and from those of Adamas, the Tyrant, and thou wilt save me also from all their mighty threats.'23.\with his breast, and thou wilt have trust beneath his wings,'that is: Pistis Sophia hath been in the light of the light-stream, which hath come from thee, and hath continued in firm trust in the light, that on her left and that on her right, which are the wings of the light-stream.24.\surround thee as a shield,'--it is the light of the light-stream which hath surrounded Pistis Sophia on all her sides as a shield.25.\that is: Pistis Sophia hath not been afraid of theterrors and alarms into which she had been planted in the chaos, which is the 'night.'26.\flieth by day,'that is: Pistis Sophia hath not been afraid of the power which Selfwilled hath sent last of all out of the height, and which hath come into the chaos as it were a flying arrow. 27.Thy light-power therefore hath said: 'Thou wilt not be afraid of an arrow which flieth by day,' for that power hath come out of the Thirteenth %u00c6on, it being that which is lord over the Twelve %u00c6ons, and which giveth light unto all the %u00e6ons; wherefor hath he [David] said 'day.'28.\which slinketh in the darkness,'--that is: Sophia hath not been afraid of the lion-faced emanation, which caused fear for Pistis Sophia in the chaos, which is the 'darkness.'29.\of a demon at mid-day,'--that is: Pistis Sophia hath not been afraid of the demon emanation of Tyrant Adamas, which hath cast Pistis Sophia to the ground in a great mischance, and which hath come forth out of Adamas out of the twelfth %u00e6on; wherefor then hath thy power said: 'He will not be afraid of thedemon mischance at mid-day,'--'mid-day,' because it hath come out of the Twelve %u00c6ons, which is 'mid-day'; and again ['night,' because] it hath come out of the chaos, which is the 'night,' and because it hath come out of the twelfth %u00e6on which is in the midst between both; therefore hath thy