Peh

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   I AM the MOUTH whence issueth the breath of Life:I am the all-devouring oneWhereunto all things return.

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   ' Beginning and End 'Is my holy name,For the MOUTH is a sign of my self-duplication.Whereby I testify to myself of myself.

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   I am the Word of LifeWhich exciteth all beginnings,The WordWhich hath its own beginning in VictoryAnd its completion in Splendour,And is the balance between them.

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   It is written that the word of the Lord faileth not.And how else should it be?Of a truth I am victoriousBefore ever the battle is joined.And the continuance of my lifeIs an effulgent Splendour throughout eternity.

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   I am,Forms pass.From me they go,And again they come to me.Their returningIs what men call destruction.Be not deceived thereby.I tear down only to build anew.

   Verily destruction is the foundation of existence,And the tearing-down thou seestIs but the assembling of materialFor a grander structure.

   Therefore is it written:"Man doth not live by bread only,But by all that proceedeth out of the PEHOf Tetragrammaton."

   Not by the part, O Israel,But by all which proceedeth from the MOUTHOf the Lord.

   Deluded are they who say,"Man liveth by the Mercy of the Lord."Know yeThat by the balance of Mercy and SeverityIs the continuance of every life,Yea, and of this whole universe.