2 Esdras 8:19-21

Revised Standard Version

¹⁹ Therefore hear my voice, and understand my words, and I will speak before thee.”

Ezra’s Prayer

The beginning of the words of Ezra’s prayer, before he was taken up. He said: ²⁰ “O Lord who inhabitest eternity,^[a] whose eyes are exalted^[b] 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