In those days, the mighty and the kings who possess the earth shall beg Him to grant them
a little respite from His angels of punishment to whom they were delivered, that they might
fall down and worship before the Lord of spirits, and confess their sins before Him. And they, the
kings and mighty of the earth shall say: 'Blessed is the Lord of spirits and the Lord of kings,
the Lord of the mighty and the Lord of the rich, the Lord of glory and the Lord of wisdom. Every
secret is revealed in front of you, your power is from generation to generation, and your glory for
ever and ever. Deep and countless are all your secrets, and your righteousness is beyond words.
We have now learned that we should glorify and bless the Lord of kings, who is King over all
kings. Would we have a little relieve from this torture,so that we may give thanks and confess
our faith before His glory. We long for a little rest, but cannot find it, we have been driven away
and cannot obtain it. The light has vanished from before us, and darkness is now our dwelling-place,
Because we did not not believe in Him nor did we glorify the name of the Lord,
because our hope was in the sceptre of our kingdom, and in our own glory.
Now the day of our suffering and tribulation has come, and he does not save us, nor do we
find rest from our suffering to confess that the Lord is true in all his works.
Bhold, his justice and judgments have no respect for persons. We passed before his face,
and were judged according to our righteousness. Our souls were full of unrighteous wealth, yet
that wealth did not prevent us from descending into the torment of Hell.'
There, the passage concludes, that even after the kings shall plead and beg,
they shall be driven from the presence of that son of man, their faces covered in shame. They
shall be filled with darkness, and the sword shall be their portion. And the Lord of spirits spoke,
and said: "This is the judgment of the mighty and the kings and those who possess
the earth. And Thus shall be their fate before the Lord of spirits."