2 Esdras 6:37-39

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

³⁷ My spirit was greatly aroused, and my soul was in distress.

God’s Work in Creation

³⁸ I said, ‘O Lord, you spoke at the beginning of creation, and said on the first day, “Let heaven and earth be made”, and your word accomplished the work. ³⁹ Then the spirit was blowing, and darkness and silence embraced everything; the sound of human voices was not yet there.^[a]