and Haman recounted unto them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, - and all the things wherein the king had promoted him to power, and how he had advanced him, above the rulers and the servants of the king.

I, have seen the foolish taking root, and then hath his home decayed, in a moment:

Wherefore do, lawless men, live, advance in years, even wax mighty in power?

I will mount on the hills of the clouds, I will match the Most High!

A green bay-tree

So, shall be the latter end of all who forget GOD, and, the hope of the impious, shall perish:

Among his branches, all the birds of the heavens I made their nests, And under his boughs, all the wild beasts of the field brought forth I, - And in his shade, dwelt all the mighty nations.

The tree which thou sawest, which grew and became strong, whose, height, reached unto the heavens, and, the view, thereof to all the earth:

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For, like grass, soon shall they wither, and, like green herbage, shall they fade.

Alas! is she not forsaken - The city so praised! The citadel I rejoiced in!