LITERATURE OF GNOSTIC WISDOMThey entangle their paths and destroy their crossings.
They carry away their bodies
and burn their souls.
They are faster than lightning. Quicker.
Yet those who walk stainlessly on rivers
will not be hurt.
Those who walk without blame on them
need not cringe.
Their sign is the lord.
The sign is the way for those who cross in the name
of the lord.
Dress in the name of the high one and know him
and cross unworried. The rivers obey you.
The lord bridges waters with his word
as he walked and crossed on them with his feet.
His feet are firm on the water and do not sink.
They are a fixed beam of wood fashioned of truth.
Wave rise on both sides. The lord messiah stands.
His footsteps are not washed away.
They do not perish.
A way exists for those who cross after him,
for those on his path of faith and who love his name.Song 40
As honey drips from the combs of bees
and milk flows from the woman who loves her child,
so my hope goes to you, my god.
As a fountain bursts with water
my heart bursts with praise for the lord
through my lips.
My tongue is sweet from his conversation,
my limbs fattened by the sweetness of his poems.
My face joys in his exultation.
My spirit exults in his love.
My soul shines in him.
Who is afraid finds safety in him