1 When he broke open the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
2 And I saw that the seven angels who stood before God were given seven trumpets.
3 Another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a gold censer. He was given a great quantity of incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the holy ones, on the gold altar that was before the throne.
4 The smoke of the incense along with the prayers of the holy ones went up before God from the hand of the angel.