37 O receive that which is given you of the Lord, and be joyful, giving thanks to him that has called you to heavenly kingdoms.
38 Arise up and stand, and behold the number of those that be sealed in the feast of the Lord;
39 they that withdrew them from the shadow of the world have received glorious garments of the Lord.
40 Look upon your number, O Sion, and make up the reckoning of those of your that are clothed in white, which have fulfilled the law of the Lord.
41 The number of your children, whom you long for, is fulfilled: beseech the power of the Lord, that your people, which have been called from the beginning, may be hallowed.
42 I Esdras saw upon the mount Sion a great multitude, whom I could not number, and they all praised the Lord with songs.
43 And in the midst of them there was a young man of a high stature, taller than all the rest, and upon every one of their heads he set crowns, and was more exalted; whereat I marveled greatly.