35
Now after this I wept again and fasted seven days in the same way as before, in order to complete the three weeks that had been prescribed for me.
36
Then on the eighth night my heart was troubled within me again, and I began to speak in the presence of the Most High.
37
My spirit was greatly aroused, and my soul was in distress.
38
I said, "O Lord, you spoke at the beginning of creation, and said on the first day, "Let heaven and earth be made,' and your word accomplished the work.
39
Then the spirit was blowing, and darkness and silence embraced everything; the sound of human voices was not yet there.
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