Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that dares presume in his heart to do so?

And Harbona, one of the eunuchs, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, stands in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.

And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seems right before the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king's provinces:

By these the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together, and to defend their lives, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the forces of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to take their possessions for a spoil,

Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews who are in Shushan to do tomorrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.

Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to arouse leviathan.

With kings and counselors of the earth, who built desolate places for themselves;

Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

Or as a hidden untimely birth, I had not been; as infants who never saw light.

Who long for death, but it comes not; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;

Who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God has hedged in?

If we venture to converse with you, will you be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?

Remember, I pray you, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth?

Who does great things and unsearchable; marvelous things without number:

Who gives rain upon the earth, and sends waters upon the fields:

To set up on high those that are low; that those who mourn may be lifted to safety.

Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty:

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him, and has prospered?

Who removes the mountains, and they know not: who overturns them in his anger.

Who shakes the earth out of its place, and the pillars thereof tremble.

Who commands the sun, and it rises not; and seals up the stars.

Who alone spreads out the heavens, and treads upon the waves of the sea.

Who makes the Bear, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.

Who does great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

Behold, he takes away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What do you?

If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of justice, who shall set me a time to plead?

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covers the faces of its judges; if not he, who then is it?

If he cuts off, and shuts up, or gathers together, then who can hinder him?

But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knows not such things as these?

I am as one mocked of his neighbor, who calls upon God, and he answers him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

Who knows not among all these that the hand of the LORD has done this?

Who is he that will contend with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall die.

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? no one.

What is man, that he should be clean? and he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

How much more abominable and filthy is man, who drinks iniquity like water?

Unto whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them.

He tears me in his wrath, who hates me: he gnashes upon me with his teeth; my enemy sharpens his eyes upon me.

Lay down a surety for me with you; who is he that will give surety for me?

He has made me also a byword of the people; and I was as one before whom men spit.

And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

They shall dwell in his tent, who are none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

All my close friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved have turned against me.

Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another; though my heart be consumed within me.

Yet he shall perish forever like his own refuse: they who have seen him shall say, Where is he?

All darkness shall be laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown upon shall consume him; it shall go ill with him who is left in his tent.

Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he has done?

Who were cut down before their time, whose foundation was swept away with a flood:

Who said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do to us?

But he is of one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desires, even that he does.

Who make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, yet suffer thirst.

Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so does the grave those who have sinned.

And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?

Is there any number to his armies? and upon whom does not his light arise?

How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, who is a worm?

To whom have you uttered words? and whose spirit came from you?

Lo, these are only parts of his ways: and how little a whisper is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

As God lives, who has taken away my right; and the Almighty, who has made bitter my soul;

Yea, how might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom vigor has perished?

Who pick mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their food.

Yea, his soul draws near unto the grave, and his life to those who bring death.

What man is like Job, who drinks up scorn like water?

Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men.

Who has given him charge over the earth? or who has laid on him the whole world?

When he gives quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hides his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

But none says, Where is God my maker, who gives songs in the night;

Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

Behold, God exalts by his power: who teaches like him?

Who has prescribed him his way? or who can say, You have worked iniquity?

Do you know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is blameless in knowledge?

Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

Who has determined the measures thereof, if you know? or who has stretched the line upon it?

On what are its foundations fastened? or who laid its cornerstone;

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

Who has divided a channel for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

Has the rain a father? or who has begotten the drops of dew?

Out of whose womb came the ice? and the frost from heaven, who has given it birth?

Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? or who has given understanding to the heart?

Who can number the clouds by wisdom? or who can pour out the water skins of heaven,

Who provides for the raven its food? when its young ones cry unto God, they wander about for lack of food.

Who has let the wild donkey go free? or who has loosed the bonds of the wild donkey?

None is so fierce that would dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?

Who has given to me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

Who can remove the face of his garment? or who can approach him with a double bridle?

Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible all around.

Who is he that hides counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered what I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

Many there be who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

There are many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift up the light of your countenance upon us.

For in death there is no remembrance of you: in the grave who shall give you thanks?

My defense is with God, who saves the upright in heart.

[To the Chief Musician upon gittith. A Psalm of David.] O LORD our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth! who have set your glory above the heavens.

Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion: declare among the people his doings.

For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the covetous, whom the LORD abhors.

Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

[A Psalm of David.] LORD, who shall abide in your tabernacle? who shall dwell in your holy hill?

But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the noble, in whom is all my delight.

I will bless the LORD, who has given me counsel: my heart also instructs me in the night seasons.

Show your marvelous lovingkindness, O you that save by your right hand them who put their trust in you from those that rise up against them.