2 Esdras 6:37

37 I was very tense and my heart was uneasy,

2 Esdras 6:37 In-Context

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.

39 At that time the spirit was moving, darkness and silence were everywhere, and no human voice was yet heard.