2esd 8:39
King James Version
“But I will rejoice over the disposition of the righteous, and I will remember also their pilgrimage, and the salvation, and the reward, that they shall have.”
Context
36For in this, O Lord, thy righteousness and thy goodness shall be declared, if thou be merciful unto them which have not the confidence of good works.
37Then answered he me, and said, Some things hast thou spoken aright, and according unto thy words it shall be.
38For indeed I will not think on the disposition of them which have sinned before death, before judgment, before destruction:
39But I will rejoice over the disposition of the righteous, and I will remember also their pilgrimage, and the salvation, and the reward, that they shall have.
40Like as I have spoken now, so shall it come to pass.
41For as the husbandman soweth much seed upon the ground, and planteth many trees, and yet the thing that is sown good in his season cometh not up, neither doth all that is planted take root: even so is it of them that are sown in the world; they shall not all be saved.
42I answered then and said, If I have found grace, let me speak.