Letter from Simeon of Mart Maryam in Response to Barlaha

Letter of the one who goes out in spirit, that is, the servant of the letter itself, which is above, to the true believer and lover of God, our father in spirit, the venerable elder Barlaha, who is enclosed in the hope of the Lord, through the mediation of the venerable Mar Elisha, who is joined with the sinful and the deficient, and who is constrained by the love of God and by the assistance of your prayers. Simeon, head of the monastery of Mart Maryam, the Mother of God, of the house of Liqatis, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, the true God and the existing one, greatly and excellently greets you. And after the greeting, my lord, I am compelled to write to your divine love, that I have been mindful of you in a continuous manner in your accepted prayers before God. Truly, for in this matter I have found in my person the means of assistance of your prayer. And concerning this, I continuously ask for the prayers of your fatherhood in faith. For when I received from your excellency the previous letter, which was urging me concerning the interpretation of this book, that is, from Greek into Syriac, not a single solid and capable thought, prepared for this excellent work, was available to me, and I did not even hope that I was sufficient for this work. And concerning this, I did not even consider throwing myself into it at any time. When, however, the letter of your holiness, together with your prayer, reached me through the brother, the deacon, my lord Demiana, which was sent to the camp at Zabath, when they left him on his sickbed with the letter before our Lord Jesus, it was sent also to me.

For it is like that which is above, because of the faith of those whose hearts are near to our Lord, that one was worthy of the remission of his sins and the health of his body. Thus I believe that because of your faith, and taking your burden, our Lord now also works for my soul and my thoughts, strengthening them from the sickness of weariness and confirming them from laxity and preparing them for this excellent service, not because I was sufficient or worthy of this, but because of the benefit of the many lovers of learning and the glory of his divinity. Behold then, my Lord, by his help and in the hope of the good physician of souls and bodies, our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the cause, beginning, and end of all good things, according to the care of your fatherhood, I gave myself to the interpretation of this book from Greek into Syriac, and I entreat your fatherhood and all who encounter it that your mind not be troubled or disturbed. When you find in it a word or names that differ from the tradition of the Syrians and foreigners, even in the order of speech that is customary in it, the Syrians have a great diligence for me, as much as I was able, that as accurately as possible and as the words are expressed in the Greek language, I would translate them into Syriac. And also the word and order are not customary in that Syriac, and this is because the force of the words that are bound and complete is known from the translation that the teacher made of them. Again, I inform your love that in one of the copies of this book.

you found that it is written above, concerning the types of blessings, that they were healed. Other books have brotherhood and partnership, therefore also this wonder of the monastery has it, that also the movement of every soul and the change of these and the orders have it, written and formed in it, as a person takes from these, who desires an image from it, and a sign, while it is thus for him, formed as it is written there in these with other books. A person hears the law, which commands only these things which it is right to do, and these things which it is not right to do, and hears the deeds, as he knows only the Messiah who came, and in the histories he looks, from which he is able to learn the actions of the king and the saints. In the book of the Psalms, however, with that which these teach, he who hears and also the movement of his soul in it is able to learn. Therefore, with that which he felt and that by which you are confident, he is able again to receive from it the image of the fullness, and as it is right that when he speaks and acts, he heals the pain. For there is also in these other books a fullness of all things, when they cut off the lie in this, and as it is right that the former should distance himself, for as the commandment is, so it is again. That, however, which is again that which remains from sin, it is. Here, however, and as it is right that again, and when it is right that he speak concerning repentance, the former. And again Paul says that affliction produces endurance. Endurance, however, is testing; testing, however, is hope. Hope, however, does not shame. In the Psalms, however, and as it is right that he endure affliction, and when it is right to say when they are afflicted, and what after affliction, and how each one is left. And these things which are full of those who hope in the Lord, it is written and inscribed. Again there is a commandment that in every confession, but when it is right that he say when they confess, the teachers of the Psalms again when

others who hear, that all those who seek in the fear of God to be brothers are pursued. From the Psalms they learn, and how it is fitting that when they flee, the door. And those who are full, it is fitting that they ascend to God, those who are pursued after persecution when they are saved. They are commanded to bless God and give thanks to him, but they arrange it in Psalms, and how it is fitting to praise God. And those who are full, when they say, "Give thanks beautifully." And concerning each one, a person can find the divine praises that are placed with him and with his own movement, and the Qaṣṭṣaṣis. And indeed this wonder is also in the Psalms, which are among other books, those which the saints say, and because of those which they say, these. And those who read because of those which are written, they make known that they exist, and these others who hear from them, for those on account of whom the word is considered. And these actions are known up to where, and that you may marvel at them and err towards that which you would marvel. That one, however, who takes this book, these from the petitions concerning the Savior in this small one, as in these other books, when he marvels and worships, he goes out. For these, however, are full of other things, as he reads those which are his own. And that one who hears, however, as that one who says, "I justify," and together it is placed upon the fullness of praises, as those which are his own. Because, however, clarity does not permit that I say as the blessed apostle, that when she, when from the beginning one takes, a person says many fullnesses of the heads of the fathers there are, and the things of our own that were said by them.

And Moses was speaking with God, and God was answering him word by word. Elijah and Elisha, when they went up Mount Carmel, were sitting; they were calling upon the Lord, and at every moment they were saying, “The Lord lives, the one before whom the prophets and the words of other holy ones stand.” First of all, they are with him. Because of Christ, however, many things happened to the nations and to Israel. Yet no one has ever spoken like the prophets, nor has anyone dared to compare himself and say, “These are of Moses,” like the words of the prophets. Nor are these of Abraham, because he was born in his house, and Ishmael. And these are because of the elder Isaac. And even she, when she is in need, something will be achieved when someone dares to speak like the prophets. Then they are bound together; a person suffers with those who suffer, and at the time takes the better part. And no one ever says, like Moses, “Reveal yourself to me,” and again, “If you leave them to sin, leave them; if you do not leave them, they are hindered.” With your letter that you wrote, but not even these of the prophets, when someone takes, like the words of the prophets, to judge or to praise people in these things, or the deeds that are similar, by those who judged and praised them.

And not because the Lord is alive, the one who stood before him on the day, is it like a parable to say, as the word of a parable? For the one who encounters the Scripture, it is clear that it is not like parables, but of the saints and of the events that are recognized by his hands, he says to the fullness of the psalm concerning that wonder. After these, the prophecies concerning the Savior and the people, the one who says these other words, like parables, is the one who speaks, and like the one for whose sake these were written, a psalm of all. And not as one who is known says concerning another, receiving and going out, but as one who is sealed concerning himself. And as these are said, like the one who performed and with himself speaks, ascending to God. For it is not like these words of the chief fathers and of Moses, and of other prophets, are taken and these, but these, like parables and for whose sake it was written, are trusted when he says, and he sings these. For the one who keeps the commandment and does it, and for the actions of both, psalms and hymns are held for every head that is joined in these. For either as one who keeps the commandment, or as one who does it, he says, to the fullness of these that are written concerning each one, and it does not seem to me that these will be, for the one who sings as a vision, to that which is stirred in it, and he to it, these are the movements of his soul, and thus when he feels, he says, "I come." For the one who hears the one who calls, as the one for whose sake the praise is said, receives, either as one who is covered from the window and sits in grief, or because of the hope in Christ when he hears, and the help that is with the faithful, as when grace is with him like this mystery, and the beginning of the one who receives grace from God.

When, then, that one who is of the Lord, when he sang much, "Alūṣay," he sang, while in his own affliction... to you, that which is his own, he proclaims to the word of the psalm, when that one who is of the Lord, I proclaimed, as you said to myself, and that one who is of the Lord, the holy one heard, and he looked upon my petition, as that one who is of his trust and of his prayer, it is he who said. And that one who is of the Lord, "Rḥam 'alay Alāhā," as your grace, as that one who is, it is he who said to the word of his own afflictions of his grace. That one who is of the Lord, when he sang much, "Alūṣay," and that one who is of the Lord, "Rḥam 'alay Alāhā," because he was ashamed before the beginning, and that one who is of the Lord, "Rḥam 'alay Alāhā," because in you was the hope of my soul, and that one who is of the Lord, "Qam b-qālī," I called out to the Lord with my voice, I beseeched, and that one who is of the Lord, "Šma' māryā ṣlōtī," the Lord heard my prayer and heeded my petition. When he sang, "Alūṣay," it is not like that of another who is persecuted, but like that of one who is, it is he who is the sufferer who is placed together, and like the afflictions he sings to God, these words. And thus the entire psalm is spoken and composed from the spirit, as it is spoken there, the movement of the soul's passions. And all these are as they were spoken for the sake of, and that they are of the afflictions, like the words of the afflictions, to the remembrance of the movement of the soul and the ordering of its behaviors. For those who sang, they spoke these, and of the afflictions, it is possible that they are a pattern and a type. This, again, is the grace of the Savior.

For when he was at the beginning on account of the body, his own body, he approached death on my behalf. How, then, for all the limbs, with death, when a heavenly and acceptable conduct sought to show you, in him this pattern, how no longer humanly, nightly, errant, with the enemy, when they have the ability with vigilance, for the victory that was with him on my behalf against the enemy, because of this, therefore, not only did he teach, but also he did the things that teach. How everyone hears him who speaks, and when, as in an image, he freely took from him the demonstration of that which he did. When he heard that my teaching is that of a gentle one, and humble in heart, and moreover perfect, and with the instruction of excellence, no one is able from that pattern in which the Lord is. For either greatness of spirit, or love of humanity, or goodness, or courage, or righteousness, or compassion—these a person is able to become such that nothing is lacking with excellence for that one who is trained in the human conduct of the Lord. For this, when Paul knew, he used to say, "They were like me, as also I am in Christ." These, then, from the laying down of the law with the letter, up to that which is unspeakable, they were... The Lord, who is truly the Lord of all and the concern of all these things that he did... not only did he lay down the law, but he also gave a pattern to him, with that which he knew... these things that the power of that which is to be done desires. Because of this, then, and before his coming... to you, he was in these things that sing this. How, as it were, in him at the beginning... perfect and heavenly, when he teaches by patterning. Thus also these movements that with the psalms... and the laying down of souls, that one who wishes to teach is able, when he is able in them.

and the movement and the forms of every motion. For if it is right and more persuasive to say... of the foundation. Every divine book, the teaching from it is that of the excellence of true faith. The book of Psalms, however, has a form in small measure. Something of the conduct of souls. For just as he who enters into the presence of a king is formed and shaped in appearance and speech in such a way that he does not speak outside of these, so the divine book, for him who runs toward excellence and desires to be trained in the incarnate conduct of the Savior, first reminds through reading of the motion of the soul, and thus then it forms and teaches these things that pertain to the likeness of such things. They are therefore from it, as first this book preserves. Among them are those that are spoken in confession. Among them, however, in martyrdom. Among them, however, in love. Among them, however, as in prayer. Among them, however, as in thanksgiving. And those that are in confession are these: "The heavens are resplendent with the glory of God" (Ps 19:1). "God hears" (Ps 65:2). "With the hands of the one who hears" (Ps 77:1). "Hear this, all you peoples" (Ps 49:1). "God of gods" (Ps 50:1). "The one who speaks of the one who does" (Ps 68:1). "God is good to Israel" (Ps 73:1). "To the pure of heart" (Ps 24:4). "The one who helps my people" (Ps 106:4). "Listen, O my lawgiver" (Ps 81:1). "And be formed" (Ps 119:4). "His foundations in his holy mountain" (Ps 87:1). "The grace of the Lord forever" (Ps 104:1). "I will sing" (Ps 101:1). "The Lord said to my Lord" (Ps 110:1). "I will give you from my right hand" (Ps 45:9). "When Israel went out from Egypt" (Ps 114:1). "If the Lord had not desired a house" (Ps 127:1). "Upon the rivers of Babylon" (Ps 137:1). These, however, that are as in prayer: "Hear, O holy Lord, and look upon my supplication" (Ps 61:1). "Arise, O God, and scatter all his enemies" (Ps 68:1). "Lord, I was in the dwelling place" (Ps 71:1). "To my generations" (Ps 90:1). "Lord, hear my prayer" (Ps 102:1). "Remember, Lord, David and all his humility" (Ps 132:1). "With my voice I called to the Lord" (Ps 142:1).

Hallelujah, for as in acceptance and in the prayer of this full one, hear the Lord and understand in his meditation. Lord, do not in your anger hide from me. Lord God, in you I have hoped, my salvation, until when will you delay, Lord, the world? My saviour, Lord, because the good is complete. Guard me, God, because I have trusted in you. To you, Lord, I have raised my soul. To you, Lord, I have called, my God, do not be silent from me. In you, Lord, I have hoped, I will not be ashamed forever. Judge me, Lord, and contend with those who contend with me. Lord, do not in your anger hide from me. Judge, God, my cause and pursue my pursuit. God, by your name save me. Hear, God, my prayer and do not be dismayed at my request. Have mercy on me, God, because I have been crushed at the beginning. Have mercy on me, God, because in you is my hope. Deliver me from my enemies, God. God, you have led me astray and oppressed me and raged against me. Hear, God, my prayer and listen to my request. Hear, God, my voice when I beseech you. God, who is like you? Pray, Lord, I know you and help me. Lord God, my deliverer, save me, Lord, from the evil head. Lord, I have called you, come to my aid. Hear, Lord, my prayer and listen to my request, and hallelujah, as in acceptance and receive the grace, for my voice, Lord, in your hearing and your knowledge, hallelujah, as in acceptance alone. Lord, how many are the afflictions. Judge me, Lord, because I have walked in my integrity. Save me, God, because the waters have reached the soul. God, deliver me, Lord, for my help, be present. In you, Lord, I have hoped, I will not be ashamed forever. God, you have led me astray forever. God, the peoples have ascended to your inheritance. The shepherd of Israel, hear.

God of my praise, do not be silent. Praise the works of the Lord. From the depths I called you, Lord, and you heard my voice. Lord, do not let my heart be exalted, nor my eye be exalted. Hallelujah, for in confession. Have mercy on me, God, according to your grace. Hallelujah, for they have confession and supplication together. Confession with prayer. I confess to the Lord with all my heart. I confess to you, God. Confess to the Lord and call his name. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, forever is his grace. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, and forever is his grace. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, and forever his mercies. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, forever his mercies. On the towers of Babel. Hallelujah, for they have confession and thanksgiving with praise. I confess to the Lord with all my heart. And hallelujah, for in lordship, that it not be lacking among the wicked. Hallelujah, for in love. Lord, by your power, one king. My God, my God, why have you left me? My heart seeks a good word. All of you, peoples, set a stone. God, give your judgment to the king, for discernment is with love. The Lord said to my Lord, sit you from my right. They are hasteners and like a commander. There is for the Lord a desire of rams. Praise the righteous to the Lord. Praise God the helper. Again, praise the Lord. Praise the Lord with a new praise. The Lord reigns, the earth shall rejoice. Praise the Lord with a new praise. The Lord reigns, the movement of the peoples. Bless my soul to the Lord. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, and forever his grace. God of my praise, do not be silent. When Israel went out from Egypt.

The zealous ones with praise were spoken. QMT: Praise the Lord, praise. New Hallelujah from the writings to the excellent conduct they are. QZ: Confess the Lord and call His name. QY': Blessed is the man who fears the Lord. QḤ: God of my praise, do not be silent. QKW: O Lord, do not seek a house. QLB: How good and how fair. Hallelujah of praise they confess. QYṢ: He sits in the secret place of the Lord. QYB: Praise the works of the Lord. QYW: Praise the Lord, all you peoples. QLD: Praise the name of the Lord. QMD: I exalt you, my Lord, King. QMH: Praise, my soul, the Lord. QMW: It is good to sing to God and pleasant. QMZ: Praise, Jerusalem, the Lord. QMḤ: Praise the Lord from the heavens. Q‘: Praise the Lord in His holiness, and Hallelujah from those who receive grace they are. QḤ: Lord, my Lord, how your name is praised in all the earth. QYZ: I love you, Lord, my strength and my trust. QṬ: I exalt you, Lord, who raised me. DLG: I bless the Lord at all times. QMH: God of the house of my body, rich. QPB: My God, my God, you are the goal for you. Q‘W: With my voice I called out to God, and you heard me. QPD: You wished, Lord, in your land. QYZ: You loved that the Lord heard the voice of my request. QYH: I believed and spoke and humbled myself well, that through you I raised my eyes to the mountain. QK': I rejoiced when they said to me. QKG: If not for the Lord who stood for you. QKH: When the Lord reveals the captivity of Zion. QKḤ: Many were my cries from my youth. QMG: Blessed is the Lord who taught my hands war. Hallelujah of blessedness they said. A: Blessed is the man who does not walk on the path of iniquity. For blessed is he not, for he who has left his iniquity behind. DM: Blessed is he who looks through the lattice. QYḤ: Blessed are those who without blemish walk on the path. QKZ.

Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord. And the other signs of life are with praise. Of QZ: My heart is prepared, God, my heart is prepared. And he is with the zealots for manliness. Of DY: In the Lord I hoped, as you said to myself. These are the accusers of the wicked and of those who transgress the law. Of DB: To what end do the people perceive? Of DG: The wicked one says in his heart that there is no God. Of LH: The wicked one thinks wickedness in his heart. Of WA: To what end does a man boast in evil? Of WB: The wicked one says in his heart that there is no God, and he is from the village. Of D: When I called you, you were my helper. These are the confessors of sin. Of YT: Your help, Lord, on the day of distress. Of SG: God hears my voice when I beseech. And these are from those who confess to the fullness of boasting in the Lord. Of KB: The Lord is my shepherd; nothing is lacking to me. Of KW: The Lord is my light and my savior from what I fear. Of LH: To the Lord who guided my way and did not sin with my tongue. Of LT: I proclaimed the gospel in the Lord. Of DM: Like a tree that leans over a spring of water. Of SA: God, the poor one, my soul, from him is my savior. Of AH: Known in Judah is God. Of PG: When, my beloved, shall I find you, Lord Almighty? Of SW: The Lord reigns; the earth trembles. Of SH: The Lord reigns; he stirs up the peoples. Of QA: Blessed is the man who fears the Lord. These are the deniers. Of DZ: Truly you speak righteousness. Of PA: God stood in the shame of the angel. And these are from those who speak the fullness of praise. Of MZ: Great is the Lord and to be praised greatly. Of S:

To you is fitting praise, O God, in the thirst of the heart. These are the words of the voice and concerning the resurrection, etc. Praise God, all the earth and the other lands, as the one who speaks the words of the voice alone. Etc. Praise the Lord, all the earth, as it is like this. This is the order and the psalms of ... can be found, that these words of the voice that strike are to be found... as you said before, and to the movement of the cataclysms of their souls, and thus to the pattern and concerning each one and the teachings with... can be found to please the Creator through those words of the voice that can be found, that he who receives the grace of God in place of that which did not fall into wickedness, that one who speaks with these words that are like this. For not only because of the deeds but because of the word, in the third place, there is for you that which gives the word to the judge. And... that you may give blessedness to a man in your request. There is for you how it is right, and concerning which one and which ones it is right to say... Blessed is the man who does not walk on the path of iniquity... Blessed is the one who has abandoned iniquity... Blessed is the one who is free in the net. Of QY: Blessed is the man who fears the Lord. Of QH: Blessed are those who are without blemish, who walk on the path of QKZ: Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord. And if you would turn to the seal of the Jews which is against Christ, you have... Of B: Why is the people angry? If you are being persecuted with these words of yours, and you have many of these words that stand against you, to that which... how many are your distresses. And now, when you were thus distressed, you called upon the Lord. And when your request was heard, that you might receive grace, sing to that one. Of D: When I called you, you answered me. And to that one. Of QM:

Lord, I called you, you are my help, and to him, that is, in the Lord I hoped, as you said to myself and to him, that is, the love of him who hears, Lord, the voice of my petition. And that one, when you see the one who is clothed in the one who seeks, that you may be sought, that your prayer may be heard. When you arise in the morning, sing to him, that is, the one who fills the voice of the Lord, understand in my meditation. When, then, you perceive in the thunder of the Lord, that it is because of this that you see yourself, that you are troubled, you are able to say to him, that is, Lord, do not hide yourself in your wrath, and to him, that is, Lord, do not hide yourself in your wrath. Now, then, and taking counsel, men are upon you, as Ahithophel was upon David, and this man will make you known. Sing to him, that is, Lord, my God, in you I hoped, my Saviour, and trust in God who will absolve you. And when you see everywhere the goodness of the Lord that is revealed, and the body of the one who was saved in evil, that one, that you may cry out to the Lord, sing to him, that is, Lord, Lord, how glorious is your name in all the earth. But if you again wish to sing in response to the goodness that is upon the limbs, you have again to him, that is, Lord, Lord, how glorious is your name in all the earth, and to him, that is, praise God, the helpers. And concerning that which the enemy was destroyed, and creation was saved, while there is no boasting in you, but when you know that this is the son of God, it is established for you. Say to him, that is, I confess to the Lord with all my heart, that which is said concerning him.

and that one who is with the fear of God desires a man who will disturb you. You will have trust in the Lord, and sing to him: "In the Lord I hoped," as you said to myself. When you see the many... and the evil of the many, as nothing is hidden in the evil one, be also strengthened in the Lord, and sing to him: "Save, Lord," because he completes the good. When you run, do not belittle yourself before the enemy as you did when you erred with the Lord, but rather add to the Lord, while you sing to him: "Until when, Lord, will you err forever?" When you hear the blasphemous words against vanity, do not participate in their evil thoughts. When you receive against them, say to him: "The wicked one says in his heart that there is no God," and to him: "The wicked one says in his heart." And now, that one who desires that you learn what kind of person is a citizen of the kingdom of heaven, sing to him: "Lord, who dwells in your tabernacle?" And if you are distressed about prayer, because of the things that stand against you and hold you back, sing to him: "Hear, Lord, holy one, and look upon my petition," and to him: "Pray, Lord, for your servant and your poor one," and to him: "Lord God, my savior," and to him: "Lord, I called you, my poor one." But if you desire to teach how Moses prayed, you have him: "Lord, I was in the dwelling place of the thorns." But you were saved from your enemy and delivered from those who persecute you, sing to him: "I love you, Lord, my strength and my trust." You are... in the order of creation and in the goodness and vanity of this, and in the heavenly command of the law, sing to him: "The heavens proclaim the glory of God," and to him: "The earth is full of the Lord," and to him: "There is for the Lord in the midst of the mountains.

When you see the many who are oppressed, while you pray and say to him: "What is in that one?" The fear of God will disturb you. The Lord is in the day of oppression. You see that you are being shaken and you succeed with the Lord. When you see this, sing to him: "The Lord is my shepherd, and nothing is lacking for me." The enemies around you, but you, when you raise yourself to God, sing to him: "With you, Lord, I have raised myself." And you see the many who are in distress by means of vanity. The enemies are numerous and they hold nothing, but when they have hands filled with blood, and they seek to cast you down and destroy you, then give judgment to the mind under discipline, for all the foundations are there. But when you are a servant of God, judgment will be. For he alone is the judge. Say to him: "Judge me, Lord, because I walk in integrity." And to him: "Judge me, Lord, and contend with those who contend with me." And to him: "Judge me, God, and pursue my pursuit." They are hardened and more harshly set, and multitudes like camps become enemies and rejoice as if they had not yet been anointed. And because of this they seek to fight with you. Do not fear, but sing to him: "Lord, enlighten me and save me from those who fear.

because the weak one is the victory that is in evil. That one, again, that you not be disturbed in the vessel. That your anger not be with them. Cry out to God, saying: "You, that one whom you saw, Lord, I called my God; you, do not be silent." ♱ And that one, you ask that when you receive grace, you learn how it is right to approach the Lord. When you are moved in a moved manner, sing to that one whom you saw: "He is to the Lord in the midst of the rams." ♱ And then, when you renew your house for yourself, for that one who receives from the Lord, and for that one who is sensitive in the house, in that one in whom you dwell bodily, receive grace and say to that one whom you saw: "May the Lord exalt you who exalted me." And to that one who is in the ascent of the holy of holies: "If the Lord does not desire a house." When, however, you see yourself, that because of truth you are hidden and persecuted from all friends and seekers of the body, not when you are revealed to these, nor when you cut yourself off, and not that you fear the changing of their faces, but when you distance yourself from these and consider these who are future, sing to that one whom you saw: "In you, Lord, I hoped; I did not shame the world." When, however, you see these who are baptized and saved from the destructive event, and you marvel at the love of humanity of God, sing over these to that one whom you saw: "Blessed is he who was left with his iniquity." And when you sing with many, you ask, when you strike the righteous men and those correct in conduct, you say to that one whom you saw: "Praise the righteous to the Lord." When, however, you fall into the enemy and wisely flee from these and deviate from the vessel, this is that one you ask to receive grace. When you call to the humble men, sing over them to that one whom you saw: "I bless the Lord at all times." And that you see the vision of the evil of the hour.

Do not think that evil is in the vessel, as the heretics say, but sing to him. For to him is accounted iniquity and wickedness in his heart. And see that those vessels are the cause of that which they sin. Now you will see the evil deed and that which is without law, that the many do against the few. And you desire to heal the men who do not stand, who look at these things and do not err in them, because of that which is quickly known. Sing, both to you and to others, that one, that not, do not envy the wicked. But rather, and you, when you place, you that you are in you, look. When you see that the enemy is placed. For then especially he rises up against these things that are like this. And you desire to anoint yourself against him. Sing to him, that one, I said, "My spirit is pure and I do not sin with my tongue." And if, when the enemy is placed, you endure affliction, and you desire to learn the advantage that is with patience, sing to him, that one, "I hoped in the Lord." When, then, you see many and evil hindrances, you desire that they be removed. You are able to receive these things with those with whom you have already loved. But these others, to that which is good, you will hasten to do, by that which you say to him, that one, "Blessed is he who is free from hindrance." Again, if when you have much desire towards God, you hear from the enemy that they envy, do not be disturbed. But as one who knows, that which is like this, for desire, fruits not mortal, choose for yourself in the hope that is in God. And in this, when you receive and you anoint yourself for the afflictions of the world, say that one, that one, like a tree that bends over a spring of water. When, then, you desire to be reminded of the helps of God, which were in the fathers, and concerning the departure from Egypt and concerning the conduct in the desert.

Just as God is good, but evil does not receive grace. You have that of which: God hears with his ears, and that of which: with me the voice of Moses, and he was convinced. Of which: I will sing the grace of the Lord forever. Of which: praise the Lord and call his name. Of which: praise the Lord, for he is good, and forever his grace. Of which: praise the Lord, for he is good, and forever his grace. Of which: when Israel went out from Egypt. But when you trusted in God, and were delivered from the afflictions that were around you, if you wish to receive the grace of God and to be healed from the compassion of the humanity that was in you, you have that of which: God within a strong body. But you sinned and were hidden. You repented to be healed by petition. You have that of the fullness of confession and repentance in that of which: have mercy on me, O God, according to your grace. Now your accusers ate before the evil king, and you see that one who eats your accusers boasts. You are silent and say to them that of which: why do you boast in evil, O man? And when you are persecuted and your accusers eat you, and they wish to deliver you, just as the false and the Philistines to David, do not be afraid, for you trust in the Lord, and when you praise him, say to them that of which: O God, by your name is my salvation. Of which: have mercy on me, O God, because I am foolish in the beginning. Now the pursuer runs and falls into a pit, not knowing, and becomes in that place where you are hidden, and do not fear thus, for you have that of the fullness of needs in that in the depth with confession and pardon in that of which: have mercy on me, O God, because in you is the hope of my soul. Of which: I called out to the Lord with my voice, I called out to the Lord with my voice, I beseeched.

I know and I am amazed. The house commanded that which is everything. And you set grace for God as a cause, as it is in the beginning. You wrote to her with your own hand, that she is a reminder of that which was not corrupted. He said to these: In that which is of the Lord, save me from my enemy God. I know and I envy you, the enemy who oppresses and scatters, while they eat the accusations of these who suppose that they are friends. And you are distressed for your salvation a little, but you are able and you will be ashamed, while you praise and you say to God, to that which is of the Lord: Hear the prayer of God, my prayer, and do not cease from my request. And to these who are comparable, and in the person who are boastful, he said to the denial of these. To that which is of the Zain: Truly you speak righteousness. To these, however, who take up a stone in hardness against you, and seek to take your self, turn, set your service to God, and trust. For as long as they are silent, all this fullness is enslaved. You are enslaved to the Lord, and say to that which is of the Samekh: To God, my foolish self, that with him is my salvation. And you, when you are persecuted, go to the desert. Do not fear as one who is alone you will be there. But when you have God and to him you go before, say to that which is of the Samekh Beth: My God, my God, you are worthy for you. When, however, they frighten you with the enemy, and they do not cease from that which is to silence, but they bring against you in everything, and even if they are many, do not be lowly. For the sparks of the fire of these are a sign that they, when they sing, have to that which is of the Lord: Hear God, when he was entreated to the Lord, and stand for God, and all the enemies of Satan are scattered. To God, save me, Lord, for my help, hope. In you, Lord, I have hoped, I have not despaired forever. I know that you wish to praise the Lord. Sing to these, in that which is of the Samekh Dalath, to you it is fitting to give praise to God in thirst.

I know that you are second. Do not be amazed because of the resurrection; sing to those who are in that hour. To God, love is upon them. When, then, you see that there is for the wicked from that which is in peace, they are weary and alive, as it is fitting for them to be for the righteous. Then they are constrained that they not stumble and be shaken; you say, and to those who are in that labor. To God, good to Israel and to the chosen of heart. And when, from that which ... to God over the peoples, you have no consolation because of this, these foolish words in that ... to God, you have erred forever. When, then, of necessity you have that you have confession. To that which ... in you, Lord, I preached; I did not become father forever. Or that which ... I confess to you to God and to that good to confess to the Lord. And to that which ... they confessed to the Lord and called his name. And to that which ... they confessed to the Lord, that he is good, and forever his goodness. And to that which ... they confessed to the Lord, that he is good, and forever his goodness. And to that which ... he is good to the house of God, good and to that which ... I confess to the Lord with all my heart. ... ... You are examples ... and of the orthodox, that they have knowledge of God, but in the Church alone, it is possible ... to understand you, you sing to those who are in that which his knowledge is known in Judah, God. When, then, ... they taught the house of the fugitives, and when greatly constrained ... they were disturbed ... cut off hope, but pray and be that when you cry out, you will be heard ... the grace of God when ... there is not those who are in that which I sought with a small voice to God and you heard me. I know that when they are filled with enemies, they entered sin ... the house ... ... and to their bodies they cast the bird of heaven. ... ... it is false ... you fear from their excommunications, think with those who are in pain. Receive, then, God, when you say to those who are in that which God went up over the peoples to your inheritance.

In the feast, when you weep, you will sing to the Lord, when like one you call to the servants of God, sing to those who are in that which is in peace. Praise God, and to that which is also praise the Lord. When, then, all the enemies together were stirred up from your place, and ... upon the house of God, and in ... upon the fear of God, so that it does not weary you because of them and ..., you have a ... of hope, these words that are in that which is in peace, God with what is like you. And you see the house of God and its tabernacles of the worlds, and you have with them ..., as it was for the apostles, say and you to that which is in peace, when my beloved ones find you, the Lord of powers. When, then, the time of wrath ceased, and the captivity was released, if you wish to receive grace, to the Lord you have that which is in peace, you desired the Lord in ... and to that which is in peace, when the Lord releases the captivity of Zion. And you, with the change of the church among the virgins, for the sake of the saints, you wish to know and together with them, you can say to that which is in peace, whose foundations are on the holy mountain. When, then, you have no desire and you wish to encourage others to the fear of God, and you know that hope in God does not shame, but neither does it prepare timidity for itself, praise God when you say to that which is in peace, who sits in the secret of Maryam. You will sing, you ask on the Sabbath, you have for that which is in peace good to confess to the Lord. You receive grace, you ask on the first day of the week, you have for that which is in peace the Lord, the Lord counsels, the earth rejoices. You ask that on the second day of the week you will sing, say to that which is in peace, I asked my heart for good words and to that which is in peace also praise the Lord. You will sing, you ask on the eve of the Sabbath, you have praise, in that which is in peace the Lord counsels and puts on pride.

Then the house of God was sought, and when enemies acted to finish it, and because of this, then the praise upon the face of victory is fitting for singing to God, those who are spoken of in that which the Lord willed to reign and put on majesty. Then one became... the house was hidden and again was sought; sing to him who thirsts; praise the Lord with a new praise. When, then, the earth took the census from those who offer, from kings, when the Lord willed to reign after being established, you wish to sing because of this; you have to that which the Lord willed to rejoice the earth. You ask to sing on the fourth of the week; you have to that which God, the source, the Lord thirsts. Then, when the Lord was completed, when you see him, then, when it was with openness, in the pursuit of those who are against the slanderer, say to those who are in that which God, the source, the Lord thirsts, and in that which the Lord willed to rejoice the earth. And again, when you see the idleness of the Lord over all, and his own lordship, and you ask to teach men in his faith and obedience, when you persuade them earnestly to confess, sing to him who thirsts; praise the Lord, all the earth. And that which you teach, the power of the judge himself, and that when with mercy the judge mixes, so that the Lord wills that you approach him, you have to this, to these words in which grace and the judge will sing. When, then, your nature is weak, that which because of the sorrows of the world, when you are found to be cut off in time, and you wish to be sought, you have to that which the Lord hears my prayer. And because it is fitting through all and for all, receive the grace of God; when you wish to bless him, you have to that which hastens yourself and says to him who receives, bless my soul to the Lord, and to him who receives, bless my soul to the Lord.

You are to praise the Lord, and you shall know how and on whose account it is fitting to praise. And those who are worthy to speak of that which is praised, you have that which the Lord's servants praised, for they praised the Lord, all of you, the peoples of Qald. They praised the name of the Lord. That which stands, praise yourself to the Lord, for they stood well to sing to God, and it is pleasant. That which stands, Jerusalem praised the Lord. That which stands, they praised the Lord from heaven. That which they praised the Lord in his holiness. You have faith, as the Lord says, and you believe in those who, when you speak, you pray. Say to that which you have believed and spoken and humbled yourself well. But you have a sense that you have ascended in zeal, so that you might say that those behind me have erred, and those before me are scattered. You have in every scattering that which God has preserved for me, because upon you I relied. I was perplexed by foreign thoughts, and I perceived in yourself that you are being guided, and you were established. Be silent now. And when you persist in those which you have, you have attained that you sin. Repent and weep also yourself, as the people did then, when you say those in which they cried out over the towers of Babel. When, however, you consider the causes of your election, which are these, after the causes which you desire to receive grace, you have that which the Lord struck in my hearing and my knowledge. You are held with enemies and you desire to be saved. Say those in which the Lord saved my salvation from the evil head. Pray again, you ask and weep. Pray that which the words of the Lord heard and understood in my meditation. And that which stands. The Lord, I called you, my helper. And that which stands. With my voice I called to the Lord. With my voice I implored the Lord, that which stands, that the Lord heard my prayer and heard my request. The enemy, the persecutor, stood against the people and against you, as Goliath stood against David. Do not fear.

... but you are like David, and you say as you sing. These praises in that blessed one who stands, the Lord who taught the hands of battle. And again, when you marvel at these helps of God which are for all, and you recall the goodness of him who is in you, and in all the seekers it was, if you wish that because of these you bless God, you have the words of David, those which he also said: in that which they confessed the Lord and called his name. You will sing, you ask of the Lord, you have for that... they praised the Lord with a new song. Psalm 149: Praise the Lord with a new song... Praise your soul to the Lord. And now, when you were small, you were honored more than your brothers in the matter of need. Do not exalt yourself over them, but when you give praise to the Lord from your heart, sing, and there is for that which stands, the Lord hears my prayer, which is the beloved of David. But if you wish to sing a response, you have that they have Halleluiah, for that which they confessed the Lord and... his name. Stand, confess the Lord, for he is good and his goodness is eternal. Stand, confess the Lord with all my pure heart, his blessings to the man who fears the Lord. Stand, praise the works of the Lord, which stand when Israel went out from Egypt, which is the love that the Lord hears the voice of my request, which is faith, and I spoke and humbled myself well. That... praise the Lord, all you peoples, which is, confess the Lord, for he is good and his mercies are eternal. Which is, blessed are those who without blemish walk in the path, which is, praise the name of the Lord... Praise your soul to the Lord. Which is, it is good to sing to God and pleasant. That... praise, Jerusalem, the Lord, which is, praise the Lord from the heavens, which is, praise the Lord with a new song... which is, praise the Lord in his holiness... That which you weep, there is not, and that... the Savior, you will sing, in every psalm, as...

... that you might say, "Can you labor so that...?" You have, however, especially concerning that one for whom my heart sought good words, and concerning that one of whom the Lord said to my Lord, "Let it be written for you from the sea," which testify to his beloved nativity.