2 Esdras 12:5-7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁵ I am still weary in mind and very weak in my spirit, and not even a little strength is left in me because of the great fear with which I have been terrified tonight.^{(A) 6} Therefore I will now entreat the Most High that he may strengthen me to the end.”

The Interpretation of the Vision

⁷ Then I said, “O sovereign Lord, if I have found favor in your sight, and if I have been accounted righteous before you beyond many others, and if my prayer has indeed come up before your face,^(B)