2 Esdras 8:18-24

1. 18 But I have heard the swiftness of the judge which is to come.

2. 19 Therefore hear my voice, and understand my words, and I shall speak before thee. This is the beginning of the words of Esdras, before he was taken up: and I said,

3. 20 O Lord, thou that dwellest in everlastingness which beholdest from above things in the heaven and in the air;

4. 21 Whose throne is inestimable; whose glory may not be comprehended; before whom the hosts of angels stand with trembling,

5. 22 Whose service is conversant in wind and fire; whose word is true, and sayings constant; whose commandment is strong, and ordinance fearful;

6. 23 Whose look drieth up the depths, and indignation maketh the mountains to melt away; which the truth witnesseth:

7. 24 O hear the prayer of thy servant, and give ear to the petition of thy creature.

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