1 Enoch 48

1In that place I saw a spring of righteousness that is never exhausted. Many springs of wisdom surrounded it. All the thirsty drink from them and are filled with wisdom, and their dwelling is with the righteous, the holy and the chosen.

2At that hour that Son of Man was named before the Lord of Spirits, and his name before the Head of Days.

3Before the sun and the signs were created, before the stars of heaven were made, his name was named before the Lord of Spirits.

4He will be a staff for the righteous, so that they may lean on it and not fall. He is the light of the nations, and he will be hope for those whose hearts are in pain.

5All who dwell on dry land will fall down and bow before him. They will praise him and bless him, and sing to the Lord of Spirits.

6For this reason he was chosen and hidden before him, before the world was created, and forever.

7And the wisdom of the Lord of Spirits has revealed him to the holy and to the righteous; for they have kept the portion of the righteous, because they hated and despised this world of unrighteousness, and they hated all its works and its ways in the name of the Lord of Spirits. For by his name they are saved, and by his good pleasure their life came to be.

8In those days the kings of the earth and the mighty who hold the dry land were downcast in face because of the work of their hands, for they will not save themselves in the day of their pressure and distress.

9I will put them into the hands of my chosen ones. Like grass in the fire, they will burn before the holy ones. Like lead in water, they will sink before the righteous, and no trace of them will be found.

10On the day of their distress there will be rest upon the earth. Before them they will fall and will not rise. There is no one who will take hold of them with his hand and raise them, because they denied the Lord of Spirits and his Anointed One. May the name of the Lord of Spirits be blessed.