¹'For behold! the days come and the books shall be opened in which are written the sins of all those who have sinned, and again also the treasuries in which the righteousness of all those who have been righteous in creation is gathered.

²For it shall come to pass at that time that thou shalt see-and the many that are with thee-the long-suffering of the Most High, which hath been throughout all generations, who hath been long-suffering towards all who are born, (alike) those who sin and (those who) are righteous.'

³And I answered and said: 'But, behold! O Lord, no one knowsthe number of those things which have passed nor yet of those things which are to come.

⁴For I know indeed that which hath befallen us, but what will happen to our enemies I know not, and when thou shalt visit Thy works.'