Chapter IX

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Open your ears, And I will speak to you: ² Give me yourselves, ¹ Lit. ‘your souls’. That I too may give you myself, ² Lit. ‘my soul’. ³ The word of the Lord, and his will, The holy purpose which he planned concerning his Christ. ⁴ For in the will of the Lord is your life, And your perfection is incorruptible. ⁵ Become rich in God the Father, And receive the mind of the Most High: Be strong, and be delivered in his grace. ⁶ For I proclaim peace to you, his pious ones, That none of those who hear may fall in the war, ⁷ And that those also who have known him may not perish, And that those who receive him may not be ashamed. ⁸ Truth is an eternal crown (Blessed are those who set it on their heads), ⁹ A stone of great price; For the wars are on account of the crown; ¹⁰ And righteousness took it And gave it to you. ¹¹ Put on the crown in the true covenant of the Lord; And all those who have been victorious will be written in his book; ¹² For their book is the victory that is yours; And she ³ i.e., victory. sees you before her, and wills that you may be delivered. Hallelujah.