Save me out of the matter of this darkness, that I may not be submerged therein, that I may be saved from the emanations of god Self-willed which press me sore, and from their evil doings.

"'Let not this darkness submerge me, and let not this lion-faced power entirely devour the whole of my power, and let not this chaos shroud my power.

"'Hear me, O Light, for thy grace is precious, and look down upon me according to the great mercy of thy Light.

"'Turn not thy face from me, for I am exceedingly tormented.

"'Haste thee, hearken unto me and save my power.

"'Save me because of the rulers who hate me, for thou knowest my sore oppression and my torment and the torment of my power which they have taken from me. They who have set me in all this evil are before thee; deal with them according to thy good pleasure.