After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus had calmed down, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter. For she had neither father nor mother, and the young woman was fair and beautiful, whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.

And it happened when the king's command and his order was heard, and when many young women had been gathered to Shushan the palace, into the hand of Hegai, Esther was also brought to the king's house, into the hand of Hegai, keeper of the women.

And when the turn of each young woman had come to go in to King Ahasuerus, after she had been purified twelve months, according to the law of the women (for so the days of their anointing were done, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors, and with the perfumes of the women).

And when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai who had taken her for his daughter, had come to go in to the king, she asked nothing but what was chosen by Hegai the king's officer, the keeper of the women. And Esther had favor in the sight of all who looked on her.

And when the virgins were gathered the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate.

Esther had not yet revealed her kindred nor her people, as Mordecai had commanded her. For Esther obeyed the command of Mordecai as she did when she was brought up with him.

And when the matter was searched into, it was found out, and the two of them were hanged on a tree. And it was written in the Book of the Matters of the Days before the king.

And it happened when they spoke daily to him, and when he did not listen to them, they told Haman, to see if Mordecai's matters would stand. For he had told them that he was a Jew.

And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow nor worship him, then Haman was full of wrath.

And it happened when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, she received favor in his sight. And the king held out to Esther the golden scepter in his hand. And Esther drew near and touched the top of the scepter.

And Haman went forth that day joyful and with a glad heart. But when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he did not stand up nor move for him, he was full of fury against Mordecai.

But Haman held himself in. And when he came home, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his wife.

And in the twelfth month, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's command and his order came to be done, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them; though it was turned around, so that the Jews had rule over the ones who hated them.

But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked plot which he had plotted against the Jews should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the wooden gallows.

And when they had gone around the day of feasting, Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts. So Job did always.

And a day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah. And Satan also came among them.

And a day came when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house.

And it happened that a day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah. And Satan also came among them to present himself before Jehovah.

And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and did not know him, they lifted up their voice and wept. And each one tore his robe, and they sprinkled dust upon their heads toward Heaven.

They are rejoicing to exultation. They are glad when they can find the grave.

In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men,

You shall be hidden from the whip of the tongue; neither shall you be afraid of robbery when it comes.

Does the wild ass bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?

When they become warm, they go away; when it is hot, they vanish out of their place.

When I lie down, I say, When shall I rise? But the night is long, and I am full of tossing to and fro until the dawning of the day.

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint,

Until when will You look away from me, nor let me alone until I swallow down my spittle?

He who removes the mountains, and they know it not, when He overturns them in His anger;

For He knows vain men; and when He sees wickedness, will He not search it?

They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our descent together is in the dust.

Until when will you set a snare for words? Understand, and afterwards we will speak.

But He knows the way that I take; when He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Therefore I am troubled at His presence; when I look, I am afraid of Him.

For what is the hope of the ungodly when He cuts off, when God takes away his soul?

Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?

When He made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning to thunder;

Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God watched over me;

when His lamp shone on my head; I walked through darkness by His light;

as I was in the days of my harvest, when the secret of God was on my tent;

when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me;

when I washed my steps with curds, and the rock poured out rivers of oil for me;

when I went out to the gate by the city; when I prepared my seat in the street!

I smiled kindly on them when they did not believe; and they did not make the light of my face fall.

When I looked for good, then evil came; and when I waited for light, then darkness came.

If I despised the cause of my man servant or of my slave-girl, when they argued with me;

what then shall I do when God rises up? And when He calls me to account, what shall I answer Him?

if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless when I watched over my help in the gate;

if I looked to the light when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,

If I rejoiced at the ruin of my hater, and I was excited when evil found him;

When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.

In a dream, a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men; while they slumber on the bed;

For he has said, It profits a man nothing when he is accepted with God.

And He gives quietness, who then can condemn? And when He hides His face, who can behold Him? And it may be against a nation and a man together;

How much less when you say you do not see Him! Judgment is before Him; you are waiting for Him.

But the ungodly in heart heap up wrath; they cry not when He binds them.

Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

After it a voice roars; He thunders with the voice of His majesty, and He will not hold them when His voice is heard.

Do you know when God placed them, and caused the lightning of His cloud to shine?

You whose clothes warm when He quiets the earth from the south wind?

Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell if you have understanding!

when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as it came from the womb?

When I made the clouds its robe, and darkness its navel-band,

when the dust is melted into hardness, and the clods cling fast together?

when they crouch in dens, and sit in the cover of their hiding place?

Who provides food for the raven, when its young ones cry to God and wander about without food?

Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Can you observe the calving of deer?

when they bow down and bring forth; they send out their pangs.

When the trumpet sounds, he says, Aha! And he smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job when he prayed for his friends. Also Jehovah added to Job all that had been his, to double.

Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and you perish from the way, when His wrath is kindled in but a little time. Blessed are all who put their trust in Him.

A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom. O Lord, how my foes have increased! Many are the ones who rise up against me.

To the Chief Musician, for stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness; You gave room to me in trouble; have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.

But know that Jehovah has set apart the godly for Himself. Jehovah hears when I call to Him.

When I look at Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars which You have established;

When my enemies have turned back, they shall fall and perish before You.

He lies in wait secretly, like a lion in his den. He lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net.

The wicked walk on every side, when vileness is praised by the sons of men.

lest my enemy say, I have overcome him, and my foes rejoice when I am shaken.

Who will bring the salvation of Israel out of Zion? When Jehovah brings back the captivity of His people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with Your image.

Save, O Jehovah; let the King hear us when we call.

For He has not despised nor hated the affliction of the afflicted; and He has not hidden His face from him, but when he cried to Him, He heard.

When the wicked, my enemies and my foes, came on me to eat my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

Hear, O Jehovah, when I cry with my voice; and have mercy on me, and answer me.

When my father and my mother forsake me, then Jehovah will take me up.

Hear the voice of my prayers, when I cry to You, when I lift up my hands toward Your Holy Place.

For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before Your eyes; surely You heard the voice of my cries, when I cried to You.

When I kept silence, my bones became old through my roaring all the day long.

For this let every godly one pray to You, in a time when You may be found; surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come near him.

A Psalm of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless Jehovah at all times; His praise always shall be in my mouth.

But when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fastings; and my prayer returned into my own bosom.

Jehovah will not leave him in his hand, nor allow him to be found guilty when he is judged.

Wait on Jehovah, and keep His way, and He shall lift you up to inherit the earth; when the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

For I said, Hear me, lest they rejoice over me; when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.

My enemies speak evil of me, saying, When will he die, and his name perish?

And when he comes to see me, he speaks vanity; his heart gathers iniquity to itself; he goes out and speaks of it.

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; when shall I come and appear before God?

When I remember these things, I pour out my soul on me; for I had gone with the multitude; I went with them to the house of God with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping the feast.