For this cause was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

And it came to pass, when all our enemies heard thereof , that all the nations that were about us feared, and were much cast down in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.

And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto Jehovah your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye grieved; for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.

Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth upon them.

and showedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land; for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them, and didst get thee a name, as it is this day.

Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;

Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and lovingkindness, let not all the travail seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it.

And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal unto it.

Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, being allied unto Tobiah,

But in all this time I was not at Jerusalem; for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went unto the king: and after certain days asked I leave of the king,

Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the observances thereof.

Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?

Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.

And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember unto me, O my God, this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy lovingkindness.

Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?

Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and seven and twenty provinces),

For this deed of the queen will come abroad unto all women, to make their husbands contemptible in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.

And this day will the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the deed of the queen say the like unto all the king's princes. So will there arise much contempt and wrath.

then in this wise came the maiden unto the king: whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house.

Then called Esther for Hathach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and charged him to go to Mordecai, to know what this was, and why it was.

For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then will relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place, but thou and thy father's house will perish: and who knoweth whether thou art not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

And Esther said, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.

Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.

And the king said, What honor and dignity hath been bestowed on Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.

And Esther said, An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

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

This was done on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

Wherefore they called these days Purim, after the name of Pur. Therefore because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and that which had come unto them,

Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority to confirm this second letter of Purim.

His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.

In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him.

After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

Behold, this is the joy of his way; And out of the earth shall others spring.

Yet these things thou didst hide in thy heart; I know that this is with thee:

Who knoweth not in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this,

Lo, mine eye hath seen all this , Mine ear hath heard and understood it.

This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him.

Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.

Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

And after my skin, even this body , is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;

Knowest thou not this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,

This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God.

Hear diligently my speech; And let this be your consolations.

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:

This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.

Behold, I will answer thee, in this thou art not just; For God is greater than man.

If now thou hast understanding, hear this: Hearken to the voice of my words.

Thinkest thou this to be thy right, Or'sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God's,

Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

Yea, at this my heart trembleth, And is moved out of its place.

Hearken unto this, O Job: Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?

Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

And after this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons'sons, even four generations.

I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee.

O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands;

Thou wilt keep them, O Jehovah, Thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.

From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

This is the generation of them that seek after him, That seek thy face, even Jacob. Selah

Who is this King of glory? Jehovah of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah

For this let every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: Surely when the great waters overflow they shall not reach unto him.

This poor man cried, and Jehovah heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.

By this I know that thou delightest in me, Because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

All this is come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

Will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

For this God is our God for ever and ever: He will be our guide even unto death.

Hear this, all ye peoples; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,

This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah

Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:

Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.

Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: This I know, that God is for me.

God hath spoken once, Twice have I heard this, That power belongeth unto God.

When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;

Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah, And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name.

And I said, This is my infirmity; But I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.

For all this they sinned still, And believed not in his wondrous works.

And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, To this mountain, which his right hand had gotten.

When God heard this , he was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;

Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine,

I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon as among them that know me: Behold, Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia: This one was born there.

Yea, of Zion it shall be said, This one and that one was born in her; And the Most High himself will establish her.

Jehovah will count, when he writeth up the peoples, This one was born there. Selah

A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:

This shall be written for the generation to come; And a people which shall be created shall praise Jehovah.

This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, And of them that speak evil against my soul.

That they may know that this is thy hand; That thou, Jehovah, hast done it.

Blessed be the name of Jehovah From this time forth and for evermore.

But we will bless Jehovah From this time forth and for evermore. Praise ye Jehovah.

This is the gate of Jehovah; The righteous shall enter into it.

This is Jehovah's doing; It is marvellous in our eyes.

This is the day which Jehovah hath made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.

This is my comfort in my affliction; For thy word hath quickened me.

This I have had, Because I have kept thy precepts.

They abide this day according to thine ordinances; For all things are thy servants.

Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in From this time forth and for evermore.