362 LITERATURE OF GNOSTIC WISDOM
The way is excellent. My helper is the lord,
who in candor lets me know him intimately.
His kindness has humbled his magnitude.
He became like me so I might receive him.
He thought like me so I could become him,
and I do not tremble when I look at him,
for he is gracious to me.
He assumed my nature so I could learn from him.
He assumed my form so I would not turn away.
The father of knowledge is learning's word.
He who created wisdom is wiser than his works.
He who created me knew how to attend me
when I came into being.
From his abundant grace he has found mercy for me
and lets me request and receive his sacrifice.
He is incorruptible,
the perfection of the worlds, and our father.
He lets himself be seen in his works
and be recognized as their creator,
and none will think his works are self-made.
Over what he has done, from the beginning
and to the end, is the gaze of his light.
He was resting in his son and found pleasure in his son,
and through his salvation the lord possessed all things.
The highest one will be known in his saints,
sung in songs of the coming of the lord
and those who sing may go forth to meet him
and find him with joy and a harp of many tunes.
Seers will go before him and be seen
and praise the lord for his love. He is near and sees.
Hatred will leave the earth, jealousies drown,
and ignorance be eroded,
for knowledge of the lord has come.
Let singers sing the grace of the high lord.
Let them sing. Let their hearts be like day,
their harmonies like the lord's excellent beauty.
