3 where He had spoken with me. And it came to pass at sunset that my soul took much thought, (2BA) 4 and I began to speak in the presence of the Mighty One, and said: 'O Thou that hast made the earth, hear me, that hast fixed the firmament by the word, and hast made firm the height of the heaven by the spirit, that hast called from the beginning of the world that which did not yet exist, and (2BA)
2 Baruch 21:3–4
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