2 Esdras 7:137-139

Common English Bible

¹³⁷ If, indeed, he hadn’t multiplied them, the world with those who live in it would not now exist. ¹³⁸ He is called^[a] giver, because if he didn’t give out of his own goodness some relief from their sins to people who committed sins, not one ten-thousandth part of humanity could live. ¹³⁹ He is called judge, because unless he forgave those created by his word and wiped out the multitude of their offenses,