2 Esdras 3:1-6

1. 1 In the thirtieth year after the ruin of the city I was in Babylon, and lay troubled upon my bed, and my thoughts came up over my heart:

2. 2 For I saw the desolation of Sion, and the wealth of them that dwelt at Babylon.

3. 3 And my spirit was sore moved, so that I began to speak words full of fear to the most High, and said,

4. 4 O Lord, who bearest rule, thou spakest at the beginning, when thou didst plant the earth, and that thyself alone, and commandedst the people,

5. 5 And gavest a body unto Adam without soul, which was the workmanship of thine hands, and didst breathe into him the breath of life, and he was made living before thee.

6. 6 And thou leadest him into paradise, which thy right hand had planted, before ever the earth came forward.

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