2 Esdras 6:36-38

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

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.^{(A) 37} My spirit was greatly aroused, and my soul was in distress.^(B)

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.^(C)