2 Esdras 6:55

55 "All this I have spoken before thee, O Lord, because thou hast said that it was for us that thou didst create this world.

2 Esdras 6:55 In-Context

53 "On the sixth day thou didst command the earth to bring forth before thee cattle, beasts, and creeping things;

54 and over these thou didst place Adam, as ruler over all the works which thou hadst made; and from him we have all come, the people whom thou hast chosen.

55 "All this I have spoken before thee, O Lord, because thou hast said that it was for us that thou didst create this world.

56 As for the other nations which have descended from Adam, thou hast said that they are nothing, and that they are like spittle, and thou hast compared their abundance to a drop from a bucket.

57 And now, O Lord, behold, these nations, which are reputed as nothing, domineer over us and devour us.