Thunder, Perfect Mind 5

1and she who has no image among the barbarians. I am the one they have hated in many places, and I am the one they have loved in many places. I am the one they call “Death,” and I am the one they call “the Law.”

2Among the peoples, they have named me “Death.” I am she whom they call “Law,” and you have called me “Lawlessness.” I am she whom you pursued, and I am she whom you seized.

3And you have called me “Lawlessness.” I am she whom you pursued; and I am the one you have seized; I am she whom you scattered, and you have known.

4And I am she whom you seized. I am she whom you scattered, and you gathered me in. I am she before whom you were ashamed, and you were shameless toward me.

5...outwardly, and you knew me inwardly. I am she before whom you were ashamed, and you were shameless. I, I am godless, and I am the virgin, her God.

6And I am she whose festivals are many. I, I am a godless one, and I am she whose God is great. I am the one you have pondered, and you have scorned me. I am an unlearned one, and they learn.

7I am the one you have thought about, and you have mocked me. I am unlearned, and from me they learn. I am she whom you have scorned, and you think about me.

8I am she whom you have despised, and I am she upon whom you have deliberated. I am she whom you have seized, and I am she whom you have made alive.

9I am she from whom you hide, and you reveal me. But whenever you hide yourselves, I myself will appear.

10I am she before whose face you were ashamed, and you were without shame toward me.

11I am she who keeps no festival, and I am she whose festivals are many.

12This is mine: I came forth in an earth, and you came to be manifest in knowledge; an earth is in your heart—you receive those outside, in places.

13I am the one on whom you have set your mind, and you have rejected me.

14I am the unlearned one, and you learn from me.

15But out of shame, receive me to yourselves in shamelessness; and out of shamelessness and shame, reprove my members among yourselves; and approach yourselves.

16I am the one from whom you hid yourselves, and you show yourselves to me.

17And when you hide yourselves, I am the one who will be seen.

18But whenever you appear, I will conceal myself from you.