Book of Saphah

Now I am strong in You, O Jehovih. Your bow in the firmament encompasses me on all sides. The follies of earth have turned my eyes up toward Your holy place.

I have seen Your enemies bowed down. The king and the mighty man of valor with the two-edged sword are hidden away in a dark corner. There is no light for them. You have grown up sweet-scented flowers in the path of him who will not look upward; but a serpent comes upon him and he cries out against the vanities of the earth.

In the far-off corners of the world You have sown the seed of evil and death, and the man of darkness hurries there; but Your glories he will not observe. He builds his foundation in perishable things. But the hope of the righteous man lights up the inner chamber. He sees Your judgment seat. He seeks You in all good things and in the durable; he glorifies You in Your works.

I will turn away from my house and my lands and look upward all my days. Yes, the fruits of the earth shall be my servants; my crown shall be woven by Your hands.

My heart points up toward Your kingdom; but the heart of the man of darkness is downward to things that perish. You have set Eon (Aries or Te) in the midst, and he shall judge the living and the dead.

You have made me above the diamond and above all precious stones; but the man of darkness goes after these. Your children he does not care for; he does not see. Truly, I will run quickly to them and lift them up. They shall be gems for my raiment; they shall become a glory in Your sight. Yes, I will turn their eyes up toward Your holy place.

I will set up Gau before them, and the magnitude and glory of Your worlds shall entrance them. i046 Tablet of Ancient Egypt.

Your unseen hand shall become seen, and my brothers and sisters shall read the diadems in Your firmament. Your hand has quickened my eyes to see and my ears to hear You, O Life of my life!

My understanding comes out of Your tablet (book). Its pages are engraved with the sun, moon and stars. Yes, all things proclaim the words You have written. None can counterfeit Your handiwork. From Your tablet I will read from the rising of the sun till its setting.

My hands shall be skilled with tools to do Your labor. I will weave fabrics, and my house shall be built within the square of Your compass, for it shall be righteous work. My eye shall look toward Your dwelling-place. I know Your sight is upon me. I will be joyful before You, my Father!

To none other will I bow myself in supplication and worship. In Your presence, I will labor for peace on all occasions.

My hand I will uplift on Your behalf, and yet no man shall feel the weight of my arm upon him. By Your crescent I am sworn to You. By the seven stars and by the sun, which is in the midst of the firmament and is its glory, and by the moon, I have spoken.

Before Rea (Es, the air and ether), in Your name I have sworn. I have lifted up my voice. I will have no diadem but that which is woven by You!

I will sing You new songs every day, and find new words of praise for Your glories. My trials shall be like whetstones and a hewing-ax. My talents shall increase in wisdom and in whatever way You lead me for my own good.

Before Your sacred altar I will come, knowing Your angels will come also. Yes, they shall teach me Your decrees.

Your gifts shall be my gifts, my portion, whatever seems just in Your sight.

Your messengers shall come to me, and my house shall be their house, they shall behold my labor; they shall admonish me wisely.

They shall teach me wisdom in all You desire of me. The secret of my love to You, I will tell them, and I know they will lift me up for Your glory. In Your praise I will sing forever, O Jehovih! Amen! Ho’ed (TABLET OF HY’YI) Invocation reads: