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

126 Tlie Booh of Enoch [seot. ii
The unavailing liepentance of the Kings and the Mighty.
LXIII. 1. In those days shall the mighty and the kings who
possess the earth imjDlore (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. 3. And they shall 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 Thy power from
generation to generation.
And Thy glory for ever and ever :
Deep are all Thy secrets and innumerable.
And Thy righteousness is beyond reckoning.
4. We have now learnt that we should glorify
jVnd bless the Lord of kings and Him who is king over all
kings.^
5. And they shall say :
' Would that we had rest to glorify and give thanks
And confess our faith before His glory !
LXIII. The writer again returns it is a justification of God's justice,
to the kings and the mighty in order For a somewhat similar passage of.
to describe their bitter and unavailing Wisdom 5'~*. 1. Thie mighty
repentance. The description is not an and the kings (o). oeA/ij/iiw ' kings',
amplification of 62^"^^, but takes up hcdfilopxy ^a J) ' mighty kings '. His
the history at a later stage after that angals {a-iu, B). t, q^ ' the angels
the kings have appealed in vain to 2. Their confession aclcnowledges all
the Messiah and are already in the that they formerly denied; of. 46^.
custody of the angels of punishment. 3. Cf. 49^^. Splendid in every
As their appeal to the Messiah has secret thing is Thy power (a-mii).
failed, they entreat the angels of punish- /3 'every secret thing is lighted up
ment, to whom they are delivered, to and Thy power '. 5. Would that,
grant them a respite to worship the The Ethiopic here is a rendering of
Lord of Spirits and confess their bins the Hebraism |n'' ''12, or the Arainaism
before Him. This in fact forms an Dn" |D. Glorify and give thanks,
indirect and last despairing appeal to {a-q). q, 13
' glorify Him and thank
the Lord of Spirits. At the same time Him '. (i adds ' and bless Him '.
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