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The angel of the waters (tou aggelou ton hudatōn). Genitive case object of ēkousa. See Rev 7:1 for the four angels in control of the winds and Rev 14:18 for the angel with power over fire. The rabbis spoke also of an angel with power over the earth and another over the sea.
Which art and which wast (ho ōn kai ho ēn). See this peculiar idiom for God’s eternity with ho as relative before ēn in Rev 1:4, Rev 1:8; Rev 4:8, but without ho erchomenos (the coming on, the one who is to be) there for the future as in Rev 11:17.
Thou Holy One (ho hosios). Nominative form, but vocative case, as often. Note both dikaios and hosios applied to God as in Rev 3:1; Rev 15:3.
Because thou didst thus judge (hoti tauta ekrinas). Reason for calling God dikaios and hosios. The punishment on the waters is deserved. First aorist active indicative of krinō, to judge.