For Mordecai was great in the house of the king, and his fame went throughout all the provinces. For this man Mordecai was going on and growing greater.

Then Esther said, If it pleases the king, let it be granted to the Jews in Shushan to do tomorrow also according to this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged on the wooden gallows.

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

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

And his possessions were 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 men of the east.

In all this Job did not sin, nor charge God foolishly.

But he said to her, You speak as one of the foolish ones speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

And Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, and they each one came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they had met together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

After this Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.

Behold this: we have searched it; it is so. Hear it and know for yourself.

Turn back, please let there be no sin; yea, return again, my righteousness is in this matter.

Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.

And these have You hidden in Your heart; I know that this was with You.

who of all these does not know that the hand of Jehovah has done this?

Lo, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood it.

Upright ones shall be amazed at this, and the innocent shall stir himself up against the ungodly.

Surely these are the dwellings of the perverse, and this the place that has not known God.

And this, ten times you have blamed me; you are not ashamed that you have wronged me.

All the men of my counsel detest me, even this one I loved has turned against me.

and even after they corrupt my skin, yet this: in my flesh I shall see God,

Do you know this from days of old, from the setting of man on earth,

This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the inheritance of his word from God.

Listen carefully to my speech, and let this be your comfort.

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the inheritance of cruel men which they shall receive from the Almighty.

this also would be an iniquity for the judges; for I would have denied the God above.

Behold, in this you are not right; I will answer you, for God is greater than man.

Hear this, Job, listen to me; be silent and I will speak.

If now you have understanding, hear this; listen to the sound of my words.

Do you think this to be right, you that say, I am more just than God?

Beware, do not turn to iniquity; for this you have chosen rather than affliction.

My heart trembles at this also, and it leaps out of its place.

Listen to this, Job; stand still, and consider the wonderful works of God.

Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

After this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and he saw his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations.

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

You shall keep them, O Jehovah, You shall preserve them from this generation forever.

from men by Your hand, O Jehovah, from men of the world whose portion is in this life, and whose belly You fill with Your treasure. They are satisfied with sons, and will leave their riches to their babes.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, the servant of Jehovah, who spoke to Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul; and he said: I love You, O Jehovah, my strength.

They shall come, and shall declare His righteousness to a people that shall yet be born, that He has done this.

This is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O God of Jacob. Selah.

Who is this King of glory? Jehovah strong and mighty, Jehovah mighty in battle.

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

Though an army should camp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war should rise against me, in this I am trusting.

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.

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

By this I know that You delight in me, because my enemy does not triumph over me.

All this has come on us; yet we have not forgotten You nor dealt falsely in Your covenant.

shall not God search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.

For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even to death.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples; give ear, all inhabitants of the world;

This way of theirs is their foolishness; yet their followers delight in their sayings. Selah.

Now think of this, you who forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

When I cry, then my enemies will be turned back. This I know, for God is with me.

God has spoken once; twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God.

You visit the earth and water it; You greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; You provide their grain, for in this way You have prepared it.

This also shall please Jehovah better than an ox, or a bull that has horns and hoofs.

And now when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not leave me; until I have declared Your strength to this generation, and Your power to everyone who is to come.

When I thought deeply in order to understand this, it was painful for me,

Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old, the rod of Your inheritance which You have redeemed; this mount Zion in which You have dwelt.

Remember this, the enemy has cursed, O Jehovah, and the foolish people have blasphemed Your name.

And I said, This is my weakness, the years of the right hand of the Most High.

For all this they still sinned, and did not believe because of His wonderful works.

And He brought them within His own holy border, this mountain, which His right hand had bought.

Return, we beg You, O God of Hosts; look down from Heaven, and behold, and visit this vine,

For this was a Precept for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

This He ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when He went out over the land of Egypt; I heard a language I understood not.

I will mention Rahab and Babylon to those who know me; behold, Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.

And to Zion it shall be said, This man and that man was born in her; and the Highest shall establish her.

Jehovah shall count, in recording the peoples, that this man was born there. Selah.

A beastly man does not know; nor does a fool understand this.

For forty years I was grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people who go astray in their hearts, and they have not known My ways;

This shall be written for the generation to come; and the people who shall be created shall praise Jehovah.

This is the great and wide sea, in which are creeping things without number, both small and great animals.

There the ships go; You made this great sea animal to play in it.

This is the reward of my foes from Jehovah, and of them who speak evil against my soul.

and they will know that this is Your hand; that You, Jehovah, have done it.

Blessed is the name of Jehovah from this time forth and forevermore.

But we will bless Jehovah from this time forth and forevermore. Praise Jehovah!

This is the gate of Jehovah into which the righteous shall enter.

This is from Jehovah; it is marvelous in our eyes.

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

This is my comfort in my affliction; for Your Word has given me life.

This was done to me, because I kept Your Commandments.

They stand to this day according to Your ordinances; for all are Your servants.

Jehovah shall keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore.

As the mountains are all around Jerusalem, so Jehovah is all around His people from this time and forever.

Let Israel hope in Jehovah from this moment and forever.

This is My rest forever; here I will dwell; for I have desired it.

to carry out on them the judgment written; this is an honor for all His saints. Praise Jehovah!

My son, do this now, and deliver yourself when you have come into the hand of your friend; go, humble yourself and make your friend sure.

so that your trust may be in Jehovah, I have made known to you this day, even to you.

Is there a thing of which it may be said, See, this is new? It has already been in days of old, which were before us.

And I gave my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I know that this also is vexation of spirit.

I said in my heart, Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore consider and behold goodness; this also is vanity.

And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them; I did not withhold my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor, and this was my part of all my labor.

Then I said in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me; and why was I then more wise? And I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

And who knows whether he shall be wise or a fool? Yet he shall have rule over all my labor in which I have labored, and acted wisely under the sun. This is also vanity.

When there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and with success; yet to a man who has not labored in it, he shall leave it for his share. This also is vanity and a great evil.

For all his days are sorrows, and his labor sadness; yea, his heart does not take rest in the night. This is also vanity.

Is it not good that he should eat and drink and make his soul see good in his labor? This I also saw, that it was from the hand of God.