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
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- 2 Esdras 8:19 Syr Ethiop; Lat beginning of Ezra’s words
- 2 Esdras 8:20 Or you who abide for ever
- 2 Esdras 8:20 Another Lat text reads whose are the highest heavens
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