2 Esdras 5:20-22

Revised Standard Version

²⁰ So I fasted seven days, mourning and weeping, as U′riel the angel had commanded me.

Ezra’s Second Prayer of Complaint

²¹ And after seven days the thoughts of my heart were very grievous to me again. ²² Then my soul recovered the spirit of understanding, and I began once more to speak words in the presence of the Most High.