2 Esdras 8:18-20

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

¹⁸ and now also^[a] I have heard of the swiftness of the judgment that is to come.^{(A) 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:^{(B) 20} “O Lord, you who inhabit eternity,^[c] whose eyes^[d] are exalted and whose upper chambers are in the air,