1In those days the kings and the mighty who possess the earth shall pray to the angels of his punishment, wheresoever they shall be delivered up, that he may give a little rest, and that they may fall down and worship before the Lord of spirits, and confess their sins before him.
2They shall praise and glorify him the Lord of spirits, and say, Praised be the Lord of spirits, the Lord of kings, the Lord of the mighty, the Lord of lords, the Lord of glory, and the Lord of wisdom.
3He shall bring every secret to the light.
4Your power is from generation to generation, and your glory for ever and ever.
5Your secrets are deep and numberless, and your righteousness is without measure.
6We have known that we should glorify and praise the Lord of kings, Him who is King over all kings.
7And they shall say, Who has given us rest to glorify, laud, praise, and confess in the presence of his glory.
8And now the rest is short which we desire, but we find it not, we might obtain it, but we lay not hold of it, light has always been wasted before us, and darkness has covered our thrones for ever.
9For we have not confessed before him, and we have not glorified the name of the Lord of kings, we have not glorified the Lord in all his works, but we have confided in our royalty and our glory.
10In the day of our tribulation and distress he will not save us, neither shall we find rest. We confess that our Lord is faithful in all his works, in all his judgments, and in his righteousness.
11He has no regard to persons in his judgments, and we must depart from his presence on account of our evil deeds.
12And all our sins are truly without number.
13Then they shall say to themselves, Our souls are satiated with the copiousness of crime;
14But that prevents us not from descending to the troublesome heat of hell.
15And hereafter their faces shall be filled with darkness and shame before the Son of man, from whose face they shall be driven away, and before whom the sword shall remain in the midst to expel them.
16Thus saith the Lord of spirits. This is the decree and the judgment against the mighty, the kings, the elevated, and those who possess the earth in the presence of the Lord of spirits.