1. In those days I beheld long ropes given to those angels; who took to
their wings, and fled, advancing towards the north.
2. And I inquired of the angel, saying, Wherefore have they taken those
long ropes, and gone forth? He said, They are gone forth to measure.
3. The angel, who proceeded with me, said, These are the measures of the
righteous; and cords shall the righteous bring, that they may trust
in[128] the name of the Lord of spirits for ever and ever.