And from me a decree was set up for that which ye shall do with the old men of these Jews for building this house of God: and the king's riches, that of the tribute beyond the river, expenses shall be speedily given to these men, not to be made to cease.

And the old men of the Jews built and prospered in the prophesy of Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah son of Iddo. And built and completed according to the decree of the God of Israel, and from the decree of Cyrus and Darius, and Arthasatha king of Persia.

Shall we turn back to break thy commands and to contract marriage with the people of these abonminations? Wilt thou not be angry with us even to finishing, for not a remaining and escaping.

And every one who shall not come in three days according to the counsel of the chiefs and the old men, all his substance shall be devoted, and he shall be separated from the convocation of the exile.

And our chiefs to all the convocation shall stand now, and all who in our cities dwelt with strange wives, shall come at the appointed times, and with them the old men of city and city, and its judges, until the turning back the burning of the anger of our God from us even for this word.

Now, O Lord, now will thine ear be attending to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, desiring to fear thy name? and prosper now to thy servant this day: and wilt thou give him for compassion before this man? And I was giving drink to the king.

And saying to the king, O king, thou wilt live forever: wherefore shall not my face be sad when the city of the house of my father's sepulchres was laid waste, and its gates consumed with fire?

And saying to the king, If good to the king, and if thy servant shall be good before thee, that thou wilt send me to Judah to the city of my fathers' sepulchres, and I will build it,

And the king will say to me (the consort will sit near him) How long shall be thy journey? and when wilt thou turn back? And it will be good before the king, and he will send me; and I shall give to him a time.

And the old gate held fast Jehoida son of Paseah, and Meshullam son of Besodeiah; they framed and set up its doors, its bolts and its bars.

Hear, O our God; for we were despised: and turn back their reproach upon their head, and wilt thou give them for plunder in the land of captivity?

And thou wilt not cover over their iniquity, and their sin shall not be wiped away before thee: for they provoked before the builders.

And thou didst find his heart faithful before thee, and thou didst cut out a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perezzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give to his seed: and thou wilt set up thy words, for thou art just:

And thou wilt see the humbling of our fathers in Egypt, and thou heardest their cry upon the sea of sedge:

And thou wilt give signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants, and upon all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they acted proudly against them. And thou wilt make to thee a name as this day.

And upon mount Sinai thou camest down, and speaking with them from the heavens, and thou wilt give to them right judgments, and laws of truth, good laws and commands

And bread from the heavens thou gavest to them for their hunger, and water from the rock thou broughtest forth to them for their thirst; and thou wilt say to them to go in and to inherit the land which thou didst lift up thy hand to give to them.

And thou wilt give to them kingdoms and nations, and thou wilt divide them to the extremity: and they will inherit the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og, king of Bashan.

And their sons thou didst multiply as the stars of the heavens, and thou wilt bring them to the land which thou saidst to their fathers to come in to possess

and their sons will come in and possess the land, and thou wilt subdue before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanitas, and thou wilt give them into their hand, and all their kings, and the nations of the land, to do them according to their will.

And thou wilt give them into the hand of their adversaries, and they will press upon them: and in the time of their straits they will cry to thee, and thou wilt hear from the heavens; and according to thy many compassion thou wilt give to them saviours, and they will save them from the hand of their adversaries.

And when rest to them they will turn back to do evil before thee: and thou wilt leave them in the hand of their enemies, and they will come down upon them: and they will turn back and cry to thee, and thou from the heavens wilt hear, and wilt deliver them according to thy compassion, many times.

And thou wilt testify against them to turn them back to thy law: and they acted proudly and heard not to thy commands, and in thy judgments they sinned in them; (which a man shall do and he lived in them) and they will give a shoulder turning aside, and they hardened their neck and heard not

And thou wilt protract over them many years, and thou wilt testify against them by thy spirit in the hand of thy prophets: and they gave not ear, and thou wilt give them into the hand of the people of the lands.

And from above to the gate of Ephraim, and over the old gate, and over the gate of fishes, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, and even to the sheep gate: and, they stood in the gate of the prison.

For in the days of, David and Asaph from of old the head of those singing, and the song of praise and confessions to God.

Remember to me, O my God, concerning this, and thou wilt not wipe out my kindness which I did in the house of my God, and in its watches.

{ And the letters were sent by the hand of the runners to all the king's provinces, to cut off, to kill and to destroy, all the Jews, from the youth and even to the old man, the little ones and women, in one day, in the thirteenth to the twelfth month, (this the month Adar) and their spoil for plunder.}

And Mordecai will tell to turn back to Esther, Thou wilt not imagine in thy soul to escape in the house of the king more than all the Jews.

And Jehovah will say to the adversary, From whence wilt thou come? And the adversary will answer Jehovah, and say, From running to and fro in the earth, and from walking about in it.

And Jehovah will say to the adversary, From whence wilt thou come? And the adversary will answer to Jehovah and say, From running to and fro in the earth, and from walking about in it

And Jehovah will say to the adversary, Didst thou set thy heart to my servant Job, that none like him in the earth, a man blameless and upright, fearing God and departing from evil? And yet he holding fast upon his integrity, and thou wilt stimulate me to destroy him without cause.

And he will say to her, According to the word of one of the foolish women thou wilt speak. Shall we also receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this. Job sinned not with his lips.

Behold, thou didst instruct many, and thou wilt strengthen the weak hands.

Thy words will raise up the weak and thou wilt strengthen the bent knees.

But now it shall come to thee and thou wilt be wearied; it will touch even to thee, and thou wilt tremble.

Call now, if there is answering thee; and to whom from the holy ones wilt thou turn?

Thou shalt come in old age to thy grave, as the ascending of a heap of sheaves in its time.

I would weighing, my anger shall be weighed, and my falls shall be lifted up in the balances together.

Shall the wild ass bray at grass? if the ox will low over his provender?

Am I the sea, or a dragon, that thou wilt set a watch over me?

And thou didst terrify me with dreams, and thou wilt make me afraid with visions:

What is man that thou wilt magnify him? and that thou wilt set thy heart to him?

And thou wilt review him for the mornings, and thou wilt try him for the moments.

How long wilt thou not look away from me? wilt thou not desist from me even to my swallowing down my spittle?

And why wilt thou not lift up my transgression and pass over mine iniquity? for now I shall lie down to the dust; and thou soughtest me and I was not

How long wilt thou speak these things? and the great spirit of the words of thy mouth?

Behold, he will catch and who shall turn him? and who shall say to him, What wilt thou do?

I was afraid of all my pains, I knew that thou wilt not acquit me.

Then thou wilt immerse me in the ditch, and my garments abhorred me.

Saying to God, Thou wilt not condemn me; make known to me for what thou wilt contend with me.

Is it good to thee that thou wilt oppress, that thou wilt despise the labor of thy hinds, and thou didst shine upon the counsels of the unjust?

Were eyes of flesh to thee? or wilt thou see as man saw?

That thou wilt seek for mine iniquity, and wilt search out for my sins?

Thy hands formed me, and they will work me together round about; and thou wilt swallow me down.

Remember now, thou didst make me as day; and thou wilt turn me back to dust.

Wilt thou not weigh me out as milk, and coagulate me as cheese?

Thou wilt clothe me with skin and flesh, and thou wilt hedge me with bones and sinews.

If I sinned; and thou didst watch me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

And shall it be lifted up? Thou wilt hunt me as the lion, and thou wilt turn back, thou wilt show thyself wonderful upon me.

Thou wilt renew thy testimonies before me, and thou wilt increase thy wrath upon me; changes and war with me.

Shall thy empty talks cause men to be silent? and wilt thou deride and none making ashamed?

And thou wilt say, My instruction is pure, and I was clean in thine eyes.

The heavens being high, what wilt thou do? Hades being deep, what wilt thou know?

And man being empty will be without heart: and man will be born a wild ass's colt

With old men is wisdom, and length of days, understanding

Removing the lip to the faithful, and he will take discernment of old men.

Only two things thou wilt not do with me: then I shall not hide from thy face.

Why wilt thou hide thy face, and reckon me for an enemy to thee?

Wilt thou terrify the scattered leaf? and wilt thou pursue the dry straw?

For thou wilt write bitter things against me; and thou wilt give me to inherit the iniquities of my youth.

And thou wilt set my feet in the stocks, and thou wilt watch all my paths; thou wilt dig round the roots of my feet

Also upon this one didst thou open thine eyes? and wilt thou bring Me into judgment with thee?

If its root shall grow old in the earth, and its trunk shall die in the dust

Who will give thou wilt hide me in hades? wilt thou cover me till the turning away of thine anger? wilt thou set for me a limit, and wilt thou remember me?

Thou shalt call and I will answer thee: thou wilt long for the work of thy hands.

For now thou wilt count my steps: wilt thou not watch over my sin?

My transgression is sealed up in a purse, and thou wilt patch upon mine iniguity.

The waters rubbed the stones: thou wilt overflow the flowings of the dust of the earth; and thou didst destroy the hope of man.

Thou wilt overpower him forever, and he will go away: changing his face, thou wilt send him away.

Also thou wilt bring to nought, fear, and thou wilt withhold meditation before God.

For thy mouth will accustom itself to thine iniquity, and thou wilt choose the tongue of the crafty.

Shalt thou hear in the consultation of God? and wilt thou reserve wisdom to thyself?

What knewest thou and we shall not know? wilt thou understand and it not be with us?

Also the gray headed and old man with us, great of days above thy fathers.

That thou wilt turn thy spirit against God, and thou broughtest words from thy mouth?

Was there an end to words of wind? or what will provoke thee that thou wilt answer?

Thou wilt lay fast hold on me to be for a testimony, and my leanness will rise up in me; it will answer against my face.

O earth, thou wilt not cover my blood; and shall there not be place for my cry?

For thou didst hide their heart from understanding; for this thou wilt not exalt them.

Wherefore shall the unjust live? They grew old, also they were strong in power.

Did it please to the Almighty that thou wilt be just? and if gain if thou wilt perfect thy ways?

For thou wilt take a pledge of thy brethren, in vain, and the garments of the naked thou wilt strip of

Thou wilt not give to the weary one water to drink, and from the hungry one thou wilt withhold bread.

Or darkness thou wilt not see; and abundance of waters shall cover thee.

Wilt thou watch the path of old which men of iniquity trod?

If thou wilt turn back even to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt remove iniquity far off from thy tent

For they were humbled, and thou wilt say, A lifting up; and he will save him depressed of eyes.

Behold, wild asses in the desert will go forth in their work, seeking for prey: the sterile region bread for him, and for the young.

Who will give me as the months of old, as the days God will watch me?