1 As the hand moves over the harp, and the strings speak,

2 so speaks in my members the Spirit of the Lord, and I speak by His love.

3 For it destroys what is foreign, and everything that is bitter:

4 for thus it was from the beginning and will be to the end, that nothing should be His adversary, and nothing should stand up against Him.

5 The Lord has multiplied the knowledge of Himself, and is zealous that these things should be known, which by His grace have been given to us.

6 And the praise of His name He gave us: our spirits praise His holy Spirit [Gabriel].

7 For there went forth a stream and became a river great and broad;

8 for it flooded and broke up everything and it brought [water] to the Temple;

9 and the restrainers of the children of men were not able to restrain it, nor the arts of those whose business it is to restrain waters;

10 for it spread over the face of the whole earth, and filled everything:

11 and all the thirsty upon earth were given to drink of it;

12 and thirst was relieved and quenched: for from the Most High the draught was given.

13 Blessed then are the ministers of that draught who are entrusted with that water of His:

14 they have assuaged the dry lips, and the will that had fainted they have raised up;

15 and souls that were near departing they have caught back from death:

16 and limbs that had fallen they straightened and set up:

17 they gave strength for their feebleness and light to their eyes:

18 for everyone knew them in the Lord, and they lived by the water of life for ever. Hallelujah.