Revelation 5:1–10

And I saw, in the right hand of him that sat on the throne, a book, written within and without, sealed with seven seals.

²And I saw a strong angel, proclaiming with a loud voice: Who is worthy to open the book and to loose the seals thereof?

³And no man was able, neither in heaven nor on earth nor under the earth, to open the book, nor to look on it.

⁴And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open the book, nor to see it.

⁵And one of the ancients said to me: Weep not: behold the lion of the tribe of Juda, the root of David, hath prevailed to open the book and to loose the seven seals thereof.

⁶And I saw: and behold in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures and in the midst of the ancients, a Lamb standing, as it were slain, having seven horns and seven eyes: which are the seven Spirits of God, sent forth into all the earth.

⁷And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat on the throne.

⁸And when he had opened the book, the four living creatures and the four and twenty ancients fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.

⁹And they sung a new canticle, saying: Thou art worthy, O Lord, to take the book and to open the seals thereof: because thou wast slain and hast redeemed us to God, in thy blood, out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation:

¹⁰And hast made us to our God a kingdom and priests, and we shall reign on the earth.