28 "Where’s the angel Uriel, who came to me from the beginning? He’s the one who’s brought me to the end of my wits! My end has turned into decay and my prayer into a reproach."
29 While I was saying these things, the angel who had come to me in the beginning came to me again and looked at me.
30 I was laid out like a dead man, and I had lost my mind. He held my strong hand, comforted me, set me on my feet, and said to me,
31 "What has happened to you? Why are you agitated? Why are your mind, your intellect, and your understanding all in turmoil?"I said,
32 "Because you abandoned me. I followed your instructions, and I went out into the field, and look here, I saw and see what I can’t describe."He said to me,
33 "Stand up like a man, and I’ll remind you."I said,
34 "Speak, my Lord, only don’t abandon me so that I may not die for nothing.