1As the wings of doves over their nestlings, and the mouths of their nestlings toward their mouths, so also are the wings of the Spirit over my heart.
2My heart continually refreshes itself and leaps for joy, like the baby who leaps for joy in the womb of his mother.
3I trusted, consequently I was at rest; because trustworthy is he in whom I trusted.
4He has blessed me greatly, and my head is with him.
5And the dagger shall not divide me from him, nor the sword;
6For I am ready before destruction comes, and I have been set on his immortal side.
7And immortal life embraced me, and kissed me.
8And from that life is the Spirit that is within me. And it cannot die because it is life.
9Those who saw me were amazed, because I was persecuted.
10And they thought that I had been swallowed up, because I seemed to them as one of the lost.
11But my injustice became my salvation.
12And I became their abomination, because there was no jealousy in me.
13Because I did good continually to every man I was hated.
14And they surrounded me like mad dogs, those who in stupidity attack their masters.
15Because their thought is depraved, and their mind is perverted.
16But I was carrying water in my right hand, and I endured their bitterness by my sweetness.
17And I did not perish, because I was not their brother, nor was my birth like theirs.
18And they sought my death but were unable to find it possible, because I was older than their memory; and in vain they cast lots against me.
19And those who were behind me sought in vain to destroy the memorial of him who was before them.
20Because the thought of the Most High cannot be premeditated; and his heart is superior to all wisdom. Hallelujah.