Sol 5.6

  1. I present myself, filled with fear and hope

    To You; so bring my offering near, O Advancer.

  2. Who else can bring me forward, and who can grant my advancement,

    if You do not advance my station, O Advancer?

  3. My rising in remembrance is not by any might or power,

    but through the Advancer’s bringing me forward do I rise.

  4. Were it not for the Advancer’s gracious favor, there would still be

    souls held back from every rank.

  5. The fair foreordainment is a station for souls;

    through their Master’s advancing them, they came to rest upon it.

  6. Whoever You advanced attained nothing by their own power;

    rather, it is a nearness bestowed from pre-eternity.

  7. Within the degrees of nearness are mysteries of wisdom

    that point to the Name’s action in the ordering of ranks.

  8. No station ascended those stairways

    unless You advanced it by might and power.

  9. So make me steadfast, O God, in every act of obedience,

    and in every good deed, upon primordial precedence.

  10. Advance me, O God, wherever You are pleased with me.

    Enough for me as a station is what You have chosen for my good.

  11. For whatever I choose, O Advancer, contains no

    sufficiency for my soul; rather, Your pleasure is my sufficiency.

Sol 5.6