2 Esdras 6:36

36 On the eighth night I was again deeply troubled, and I began to speak to God Most High.

2 Esdras 6:36 In-Context

34 Do not be so quick to raise useless questions in the present age; then you will not be so quick to do so in the final age."

35 After that, I mourned and fasted for seven more days, as I had done before, and so I completed the three weeks of fasting that I had been commanded to observe.

36 On the eighth night I was again deeply troubled, and I began to speak to God Most High.

37 I was very tense and my heart was uneasy,

38 but I said, "O Lord, at the beginning of creation you spoke the word. On the first day you commanded, "Let the universe be made,' and your word carried out that command.