the angel of the waters Here at least there is no question (see on Revelation 7:1; Revelation 14:18) that we have an elemental Angel; see Exc. I.

O Lord Should be omitted.

which art, and wast, and shalt be Read, which art and wast, the Holy One: the word for "holy" being the same as in Revelation 15:4. As the phrase for "which art and wast" is ungrammatical (see on Revelation 1:4), it is perhaps better to render "which is and which was." For the omission of "which is to come," cf. Revelation 11:17. Its virtual insertion here in the A. V. seems to be an oversight in translation, not a mistaken reading.

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