2 Esdras 8:11-13

Revised Standard Version

¹¹ so that what has been fashioned may be nourished for a time; and afterwards thou wilt guide him in thy mercy. ¹² Thou hast brought him up in thy righteousness, and instructed him in thy law, and reproved him in thy wisdom. ¹³ Thou wilt take away his life, for he is thy creation; and thou wilt make him live, for he is thy work.