2 Esdras 6:36-38

Common English Bible

³⁶ Then on the eighth night my heart was disturbed within me again, and I began to speak before the Most High. ³⁷ My spirit was greatly agitated, and my soul was troubled.

³⁸ Then I said: “Lord, you spoke from the beginning of creation on the first day, ‘Let heaven and earth be made,’ and your word accomplished the deed.