2 Esdras 8:27-29

Revised Standard Version

²⁷ Regard not the endeavors of those who act wickedly, but the endeavors of those who have kept thy covenants amid afflictions. ²⁸ Think not on those who have lived wickedly in thy sight; but remember those who have willingly acknowledged that thou art to be feared. ²⁹ Let it not be thy will to destroy those who have had the ways of cattle; but regard those who have gloriously taught thy law.^[a]