¹ Why do the nations conspire
    and the peoples plot in vain?^(A)

⁹ As I watched,
thrones were set in place,
    and an Ancient One^[a] took his throne;
his clothing was white as snow
    and the hair of his head like pure wool;
his throne was fiery flames,
    and its wheels were burning fire.^(A)

¹⁰ A stream of fire issued
    and flowed out from his presence.
A thousand thousands served him,
    and ten thousand times ten thousand stood attending him.
The court sat in judgment,
    and the books were opened.^(A)