2 Esdras 6:36-38

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

³⁶ Then on the eighth night my heart was troubled within me again, and I began to speak in the presence of the Most High. ³⁷ My spirit was greatly aroused, and my soul was in distress.

God’s Work in Creation

³⁸ I said, ‘O Lord, you spoke at the beginning of creation, and said on the first day, “Let heaven and earth be made”, and your word accomplished the work.