1I lifted up my hands in righteousness, and praised the holy and the great One. I spake with the breath of my mouth, and with a tongue of flesh, which God has made for all the children of flesh, the men, that with it they may speak, and he gave them breath, a mouth, and a tongue, that with them they might speak.
2Praised be you, Oh Lord the King, great and powerful in your greatness, Lord of all the creatures of heaven, King of Kings, whose kingdom, whose dominion, and whose majesty, remain through all eternity.
3Your dominion is from generation to generation, and all the heavens are your throne for ever, and all the earth your footstool for ever and ever.
4For you have made them, and over all you reign, and to you no work is difficult, for with you wisdom remains, and is always before your throne, and before your presence, you know all things, you see and hear them, and nothing can be concealed from you, for you understand all things.
5And now the angels of your heavens have offended and on the flesh of men your wrath shall remain, until the day of the great judgment.
6And now Oh God, Lord, and mighty King, I supplicate and pray you to grant me my petition, that you will leave to me a remnant of posterity upon the earth, and that you will not destroy all the flesh of men.
7And that you will not leave the earth destitute, and that destruction may not be for ever,
8And now my Lord, destroy from the earth the flesh which has offended you, but from the flesh of righteousness and integrity, establish you a plant of seed for ever. Oh Lord, hide not your face from the prayer of your servant.