2 Esdras 12:5-7

Common English Bible

⁵ Look here! I’m emotionally exhausted and barely alive. I don’t have even a little strength left in me because of the great fear that has shaken me this night. ⁶ Now, therefore, I will pray to the Most High that he may strengthen me to the end. ⁷ I said, “Supreme Lord, if you do look upon me favorably, if you consider me to be among the more righteous, and if my prayer has indeed risen into your presence,