2 Esdras 3:4

4 "O Lord, who bearest rule, Thou spokest at the beginning when Thou didst plant the earth; and that Thyself alone; and commanded the people,

2 Esdras 3:4 In-Context

2 for I saw the desolation of Zion, and the wealth of those who dwelt at Babylon.

3 And my spirit was sorely moved, so that I began to speak words full of fear to the Most High, and said,

4 "O Lord, who bearest rule, Thou spokest at the beginning when Thou didst plant the earth; and that Thyself alone; and commanded the people,

5 and gavest a body unto Adam without soul, which was the workmanship of Thine hands, and didst breathe into him the breath of life, and he was made living before Thee.

6 And Thou leddest him into Paradise which Thy right hand had planted before ever the earth came forward.