<p>16:5 <em>And I heard the angel of the waters saying: Righteous are You, who is and who was, You Holy One, because You did thus judge</em>- Revelation abounds with examples of Angels talking and co-operating with each other in order to execute God's purpose; just as the Passover Angel hovered over the doors of the Israelites to as it were stop the destroyer Angel from killing the firstborns there. Gen. 1:26 &quot;Let us make man...&quot; is another example of Angelic cooperation.&nbsp; Here we have an Angel praising God on reflecting upon the wisdom of what has been done. The judgments of the Holy One are effected in practice by a specific Angel. This is the kind of thing we shall do throughout eternity. There is a recognition by the Angel that the awful judgments performed on earth at this point are a reflection of God's holiness and not of any evil or caprice (&quot;You Holy One&quot;).</p><p>That a specific Angel controls &ldquo;the waters&rdquo; in an area is also implied by the way flood waters are described as praising God (Ps. 42:8; 148:7), water trembling at God&rsquo;s presence (Ps. 77:17; Hab. 3:10), and the deep waters mourning (Ez. 31:15). How else can waters sensibly be personified as having such feelings, unless these figures of speech are in fact based upon the real existence of a personal &ldquo;Angel of the waters&rdquo;?</p>