And one of the elderssaithunto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hathprevailed to open the book, and to loose the sevensealsthereof.
And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the fourbeasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had beenslain, havingsevenhorns and seveneyes, which are the sevenSpirits of God sentforthinto all the earth.
And when he had taken the book, the fourbeasts and four and twentyeldersfelldownbefore the Lamb, havingevery one of themharps, and goldenvialsfull of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
And theysung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the sealsthereof: for thouwastslain, and hastredeemed us to God by thy blood out of everykindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
And I beheld, and I heard the voice of manyangelsroundabout the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousandtimes ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
And everycreaturewhich is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him thatsittethupon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.