2 Esdras 5:22-24

Revised Standard Version

²² Then my soul recovered the spirit of understanding, and I began once more to speak words in the presence of the Most High. ²³ And I said, “O sovereign Lord, from every forest of the earth and from all its trees thou hast chosen one vine, ²⁴ and from all the lands of the world thou hast chosen for thyself one region,^[a] and from all the flowers of the world thou hast chosen for thyself one lily,