2 Esdras 12:4
King James VersionSource notes
“Lo, this hast thou done unto me, in that thou searchest out the ways of the Highest.”
Context
1And it came to pass, whiles the lion spake these words unto the eagle, I saw,
2And, behold, the head that remained and the four wings appeared no more, and the two went unto it and set themselves up to reign, and their kingdom was small, and fill of uproar.
3And I saw, and, behold, they appeared no more, and the whole body of the eagle was burnt so that the earth was in great fear: then awaked I out of the trouble and trance of my mind, and from great fear, and said unto my spirit,
4Lo, this hast thou done unto me, in that thou searchest out the ways of the Highest.
5Lo, yet am I weary in my mind, and very weak in my spirit; and little strength is there in me, for the great fear wherewith I was afflicted this night.
6Therefore will I now beseech the Highest, that he will comfort me unto the end.
7And I said, Lord that bearest rule, if I have found grace before thy sight, and if I am justified with thee before many others, and if my prayer indeed be come up before thy face;