2 Esdras 8:19-21

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

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,^[a] before he was taken up. He said: ²⁰ ‘O Lord, you who inhabit eternity,^[b] whose eyes are exalted^[c] and whose upper chambers are in the air, ²¹ whose throne is beyond measure and whose glory is beyond comprehension, before whom the hosts of angels stand trembling