2 Esdras 7:45

45 I answered and said, “O sovereign Lord, I said then and[l] I say now: Blessed are those who are alive and keep your commandments!

2 Esdras 7:45 In-Context

43 It will last as though for a week of years.

44 This is my judgment and its prescribed order; and to you alone I have shown these things.”

45 I answered and said, “O sovereign Lord, I said then and[l] I say now: Blessed are those who are alive and keep your commandments!

46 But what of those for whom I prayed? For who among the living is there that has not sinned, or who is there among mortals that has not transgressed your covenant?

47 And now I see that the world to come will bring delight to few, but torments to many.