1In that place I saw a fountain of righteousness, which had no scarcity, surrounded by many springs of wisdom, and of these all the thirsty drank, and were filled with wisdom, and had their dwelling with the righteous, the Elect, and the Holy One.
2In that hour this Son of man was invoked before the Lord of spirits, and his name in the presence of the Creator of days.
3Before the sun and the signs were created, before the stars of heaven were formed, his name was invoked in the presence of the Lord of spirits. He shall be a support for the righteous and holy to lean upon without falling, and he shall be the light of nations.
4He shall be the hope of those whose hearts are in trouble. All who dwell on earth shall fall down and worship before him, shall praise and glorify him, and sing hymns of praise to the name of the Lord of spirits.
5Therefore the Elect and the Concealed One existed in his presence, before the world was created and for ever.
6And in his presence he has revealed to the saints and to the righteous the wisdom of the Lord of spirits, for he has preserved the lot of the righteous, because they have hated, and forsaken this world of wickedness, and have abhorred all its works and ways in the name of the Lord of spirits.
7For in his name they shall be saved, and his will shall be their life. In those days the kings of the earth, and the mighty men who have gained the world by the work of their hands, shall be lowly in appearance.
8For in the day of their anguish and commotion, their souls shall not be saved, and they shall be in the hands of those whom I have chosen.
9I will cast them like hay into the fire, and like lead into the water, thus they shall burn in the presence of the righteous, and sink in the presence of the holy, and a tenth part of them shall not be found.
10But in the day of their affliction the world shall obtain repose.
11They shall fall in his presence, and not be raised up again, for there shall be none to take them out of his hands, and to lift them up for they have denied the Lord of spirits and his Messiah. The name of the Lord of spirits shall be praised.
12Wisdom is poured forth like water, and glory fails not before him for ever and ever, for he is powerful in all the secrets of righteousness.
13But wickedness vanishes away like a shadow, and has no fixed station, for the Elect One stands before the Lord of spirits, and his glory is for ever and ever, and his power from generation to generation.
14With him dwell the spirit of intelligent wisdom, the spirit of understanding and of power, and the spirits of those who sleep in righteousness, and he shall judge secret things.
15And none shall be able to stand to speak a single word before him, for the Elect One is in the presence of the Lord of spirits, according to his own pleasure.