2 Esdras 12:6-8

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁶ Therefore I will now entreat the Most High that he may strengthen me to the end.’

The Interpretation of the Vision

⁷ Then I said, ‘O sovereign Lord, if I have found favour in your sight, and if I have been accounted righteous before you beyond many others, and if my prayer has indeed come up before your face, ⁸ strengthen me and show me, your servant, the interpretation and meaning of this terrifying vision so that you may fully comfort my soul.