2 Esdras 8:18-20

Revised Standard Version

¹⁸ and^[a] I have heard of the swiftness of the judgment that is to come. ¹⁹ Therefore hear my voice, and understand my words, and I will speak before thee.”

Ezra’s Prayer

The beginning of the words of Ezra’s prayer, before he was taken up. He said: ²⁰ “O Lord who inhabitest eternity,^[b] whose eyes are exalted^[c] and whose upper chambers are in the air,