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8712.\chaos and was freed from the bonds of the chaos. Now, therefore, who hath ears to hear, let him hear.\CHAPTER 69%u2013PRAISE COMPARABLE TO THE 25THODE OF SOLOMON1.It came to pass then, when the First Mystery had finished saying these words unto his disciples, that Thomas came forward, and said: \my mind hath understood the words which thou hast said. Now, therefore, give commandment unto me toset forth clearly the solution of the words.\2.And the First Mystery answered and said unto Thomas: \set forth the solution of the song which Pistis Sophia sang unto me.\3.Thomas answered and said: %uttered, because she was saved out of the chaos, thy light-power prophesied aforetime thereon through Solomon, the son of David, in his Odes:4.\5.\6.\was with me, saving me in thy grace.7.\8.\right and on my left, so that no side of me may be without light.9.\coats of skin.10.\11.\12.\goodness, for thy rest endureth unto all eternity.'13.\when she was saved out of the chaos. Hearken, therefore, that I may say it in openness.14.\the bonds and am fled unto thee, O Lord,'--it is the word which Pistis Sophia hath spoken: 'I am loosed from the bonds of the darkness and am come unto thee, O Light.'15.\helping me,'--it is again the word which Pistis Sophiahath spoken: 'Thou art become a light on all sides of me, [saving me] and helping me.'16.\and they have not been revealed,'--it is the word which Pistis Sophia hath spoken: 'And