4Q405 Frag. 23 Col. 1
[…] when they lift up praise […]
[…] When they stand still, […]
[…] His glorious royal thrones, and the entire congregation of the ministers of
[…] wondrous; the [wondrous] godlike beings shall not be shaken, forever;
[… to rem]ain steadfast in every task, for the godlike beings in charge of His whole offering
[…] His whole offering. The godlike beings praise Him [when fir]st they take their positions, while all the sp[irits of] the splendid firma[m]ents
continuously rejoice in His glory. A voice of blessing comes from all of His divisions, telling of His glorious firmaments, and His gates praise
with a joyful noise. When the wise divine beings enter through glorious portals, and when the holy angels go forth to their realms,
the portals through which they enter and the gates through which they exit declare the glory of the King, blessing and praising all the godlike
spirits each time they exit or enter through the holy ga[t]es. None of them omits a precept or fails to acknowledge anything
the King says. They neither run from the Way nor reverence anything not a part of it; they consider themselves neither too exalted for His realm nor
too humble for His commissions. He shall have no compassion when His furious annihilat[ing] anger reigns, yet He will not punish those from whom His glorious anger was removed.
Awesome fear of the King of the godlike beings grips a[ll] of the godlike [when He sends them forth] on all of His commissions according to His veri[ta]ble order, and they go […]