2 Esdras 6:36-38

Revised Standard Version

³⁶ And on the eighth night my heart was troubled within me again, and I began to speak in the presence of the Most High. ³⁷ For my spirit was greatly aroused, and my soul was in distress.

God’s Work in Creation

³⁸ I said, “O Lord, thou didst speak at the beginning of creation, and didst say on the first day, ‘Let heaven and earth be made,’ and thy word accomplished the work.