the-book-of-enoch-r-h-charles - Fallen Angels

76 The Booh of Enoch '
And their mouth shall be full of blessing,
[sect, ii
And their lips extol the name of the Lord of Spirits,
And righteousness before Him shall never fail,
[And uprightness shall never fail before Him].
8. There I wished to dwell,
And my spirit longed for that dwelling-place :
And there heretofore hath been my portion,
For so has it been established concerning me before the Lord
of Spirits.
9. In those days I praised and extolled the name of the Lord
of Spirits with blessings and praises, because He hath destined
me for blessing and glory according to the good pleasure of the
Lord of Spirits. 10. For a long time my eyes regarded that
place, and I blessed Him and praised Him, saying :
' Blessed is
He, and may He be blessed from the beginning and for evermore.
11. And before Him there is no ceasing. He knows before the
world was created what is for ever and what will be from genera-
tion unto generation. 13. Those who sleep not bless Thee
they stand before Thy glory and bless, praise, and extol, saying
" Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of Spirits : He filleth the earth
Avith spirits." ' 13. iVnd here my eyes saw all those who sleej)
not : they stand before Him and bless and say :
:
' Blessed bo
Thou, and blessed be the name of the Lord for ever and
. . . shall shine as fiery lights ', i. e. the Those who sleep not : cf. 39'' 40*
stars; of. Dan. 12'. This restoration 61^'. This designation is taken over
is not possible in Aramaic. And up- into the Interpolations, 71'. In the
Tightness, &o. Bracketed as a doublet note on 1" I have identified them with
of the preceding line. aldwx ^to the ' Watchers '. Holy, holy, holy,
— vei-y second rate MSS.—omit it. is the Lord of Spirits. The change
8. Enoch predestined to a place in the in the trisagion, Is. 6', is in keeping
kingdom. And there (y, )i). Other with the character of the entire section.
MSS. 'there'. 9. The good 13. All. + j ' the wakeful ones '.
pleasure of the Lord. In 37' and 13—XL. Enoch next sees all the
here the free grace of G-od is brought chief angels and thousands of thousands
forward, but not exclusively ; for, like of angels who stood before the throne
a true Pharisee, man's part in salvation of God, and recounts this, not as a pro-
is emphasized in 37^ ' according to my phetio vision, but as an actual expe-
insight'. 11. Before Him there rience. 14. The change of face
is no ceasing. Past, present, and here is not to be understood as a trans-
future are before Him. 12. figuration, as in Ascensio Isaiae 7'":