1 Enoch 63

1In those days the mighty and the kings who hold the dry land will plead with the angels of punishment, to whom they have been handed over, to grant them a little rest, so that they may fall down and bow before the Lord of Spirits and acknowledge their sins before him.

2They will bless and praise the Lord of Spirits and say, “Radiant is the Lord of Spirits, the Lord of kings, the Lord of the mighty, the Lord of the wealthy, the Lord of glory and the Lord of wisdom.”

3And your power is blessed in every hidden thing throughout all generations, and your glory forever and ever. Deep are all your hidden things, and they are without number; and your righteousness is beyond reckoning.

4“Now we know that we should praise and bless the Lord of kings, the one who reigns over all kings.”

5They will say, “Who will grant us rest, so that we may praise and confess before your glory?”

6“Now we desire a little rest, but we do not find it. We pursue, but do not catch hold. Light has passed away from before us, and darkness is our dwelling forever and ever.”

7For before him we did not believe, and we did not praise the name of the Lord of Spirits, [and we did not praise our Lord,] and our hope was in the scepter of our kingdom and in our glory.

8And on the day of our distress and our affliction, he will not save us, and we shall find no rest to believe that our Lord is faithful in all his works and in his judgments and his righteousness, and his judgments show no partiality.

9“We perish from before him because of our deeds, and all our sins have been counted in righteousness.”

10Now they will say to them, ‘Our soul has had its fill of unjust gain, but it does not keep us from going down from the midst of it into the burden of Sheol.’

11After this, darkness and shame will fill their faces before that Son of Man. They will be driven away from before his face, and a sword will dwell among them before his face.

12Thus said the Lord of Spirits: "This is the ordinance and the judgment for the mighty."