2 Esdras 5:22-24

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²² Then my soul recovered the spirit of understanding, and I began once more to speak words in the presence of the Most High. ²³ I said, ‘O sovereign Lord, from every forest of the earth and from all its trees you have chosen one vine, ²⁴ and from all the lands of the world you have chosen for yourself one region,^[a] and from all the flowers of the world you have chosen for yourself one lily,