1 Enoch Chapter 63: Modernized English & Source Wording

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¹ In those days will the mighty and the kings who possess the earth implore (Him) to grant them a little respite from His angels of punishment to whom they were delivered, that they might fall down and worship before the Lord of Spirits, and confess their sins before Him.

² And they will bless and glorify the Lord of Spirits, and say: ‘Blessed is the Lord of Spirits and the Lord of kings, And the Lord of the mighty and the Lord of the rich, And the Lord of glory and the Lord of wisdom,

³ And splendid in every secret thing is Your power from generation to generation, And Your glory forever and ever: Deep are all Your secrets and innumerable, And Your righteousness is beyond reckoning.

⁴ We have now learnt that we should glorify And bless the Lord of kings and Him who is king over all kings.’

⁵ And they will say: ‘Would that we had rest to glorify and give thanks And confess our faith before His glory!

⁶ And now we long for a little rest but find it not: We follow hard upon and obtain (it) not: And light has vanished from before us, And darkness is our dwelling-place forever and ever:

⁷ For we have not believed before Him Nor glorified the name of the Lord of Spirits, [nor glorified our Lord] But our hope was in the sceptre of our kingdom, And in our glory.

⁸ And in the day of our suffering and tribulation He saves us not, And we find no respite for confession That our Lord is true in all His works, and in His judgments and His justice, And His judgments have no respect of persons.

⁹ And we pass away from before His face on account of our works, And all our sins are reckoned up in righteousness.’

¹⁰ Now they will say to themselves: ‘Our souls are full of unrighteous gain, but it does not prevent us from descending from the midst of it into the †burden† of Sheol.’

¹¹ And after that their faces will be filled with darkness And shame before that Son of Man, And they will be driven from his presence, And the sword will abide before his face among them.

¹² Thus spoke the Lord of Spirits: ‘This is the ordinance and judgment with respect to the mighty and the kings and the exalted and those who possess the earth before the Lord of Spirits.’