2 Esdras 8:18-20

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁸ and now also^[a] I have heard of the swiftness of the judgement that is to come. ¹⁹ Therefore hear my voice and understand my words, and I will speak before you.’

Ezra’s Prayer

The beginning of the words of Ezra’s prayer,^[b] before he was taken up. He said: ²⁰ ‘O Lord, you who inhabit eternity,^[c] whose eyes are exalted^[d] and whose upper chambers are in the air,