2 Esdras 7:131-133

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

^61 131 Therefore there shall not be^[a] grief at their destruction, so much as joy over those to whom salvation is assured.’

Ezra Appeals to God’s Mercy

^62 132 I answered and said, ‘I know, O Lord, that the Most High is now called merciful, because he has mercy on those who have not yet come into the world; ^63 133 and gracious, because he is gracious to those who turn in repentance to his law;