2 Esdras 9:42

2 Esdras 9:42 Context

³⁹Then let I my thoughts go that I was in, and turned me unto her, ⁴⁰And said unto her, Wherefore weepest thou? why art thou so grieved in thy mind? ⁴¹And she said unto me, Sir, let me alone, that I may bewail myself, and add unto my sorrow, for I am sore vexed in my mind, and brought very low. ⁴²And I said unto her, What aileth thee? tell me. ⁴³She said unto me, I thy servant have been barren, and had no child, though I had an husband thirty years, ⁴⁴And those thirty years I did nothing else day and night, and every hour, but make my, prayer to the Highest. ⁴⁵After thirty years God heard me thine handmaid, looked upon my misery, considered my trouble, and gave me a son: and I was very glad of him, so was my husband also, and all my neighbours: and we gave great honour unto the Almighty.

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