And Mordecai went out from before the king, in royal clothing of blue and white, and a great crown of gold, and a garment of fine linen and purple, and the city of Shushan hath rejoiced and been glad;

for great is Mordecai in the house of the king, and his fame is going into all the provinces, for the man Mordecai is going on and becoming great.

and all the work of his strength, and his might, and the explanation of the greatness of Mordecai with which the king made him great, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of Media and Persia?

For Mordecai the Jew is second to king Ahasuerus, and a great man of the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking good for his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

And lo, a great wind hath come from over the wilderness, and striketh against the four corners of the house, and it falleth on the young men, and they are dead, and I am escaped -- only I alone -- to declare it to thee.'

And they sit with him on the earth seven days and seven nights, and there is none speaking unto him a word when they have seen that the pain hath been very great.

Small and great are there the same. And a servant is free from his lord.

Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.

A sea -monster am I, or a dragon, That thou settest over me a guard?

And thy beginning hath been small, And thy latter end is very great.

Doing great things till there is no searching, And wonderful, till there is no numbering.

Hidden in the earth is his cord, And his trap on the path.

Because His cord He loosed and afflicteth me, And the bridle from before me, They have cast away.

If I have waved at the fatherless my hand, When I see in him the gate of my court,

If I rejoice because great is my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,

Because I fear a great multitude, And the contempt of families doth affright me, Then I am silent, I go not out of the opening.

And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity.

God thundereth with His voice wonderfully, Doing great things and we know not.

For to snow He saith, 'Be on the earth.' And the small rain and great rain of His power.

Dost thou trust in him because great is his power? And dost thou leave unto him thy labour?

Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,

And Thou givest to me the shield of Thy salvation, And Thy right hand doth support me, And Thy lowliness maketh me great.

Also -- Thy servant is warned by them, 'In keeping them is a great reward.'

Great is his honour in Thy salvation, Honour and majesty Thou placest on him.

Of Thee my praise is in the great assembly. My vows I complete before His fearers.

For Thy name's sake, O Jehovah, Thou hast pardoned mine iniquity, for it is great.

I thank Thee in a great assembly, Among a mighty people I praise Thee.

Thy righteousness is as mountains of God, Thy judgments are a great deep. Man and beast Thou savest, O Jehovah.

I have proclaimed tidings of righteousness In the great assembly, lo, my lips I restrain not, O Jehovah, Thou hast known.

Thy righteousness I have not concealed In the midst of my heart, Thy faithfulness and Thy salvation I have told, I have not hidden Thy kindness and Thy truth, To the great assembly.

Even mine ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, made great the heel against me,

Thou sellest Thy people -- without wealth, And hast not become great by their price.

For Jehovah Most High is fearful, A great king over all the earth.

A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah. Great is Jehovah, and praised greatly, In the city of our God -- His holy hill.

Beautiful for elevation, A joy of all the land, is Mount Zion, The sides of the north, the city of a great king.

For great unto the heavens is Thy kindness, And unto the clouds Thy truth.

And Thy righteousness, O God, is unto the heights, Because Thou hast done great things, O God, who is like Thee?

To the Overseer with stringed instruments. -- A Psalm of Asaph. -- A Song. In Judah is God known, in Israel His name is great.

O God, in holiness is Thy way, Who is a great god like God?

He cleaveth rocks in a wilderness, And giveth drink -- as the great deep.

For great art Thou, and doing wonders, Thou art God Thyself alone.

For Thy kindness is great toward me, And Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

How great have been Thy works, O Jehovah, Very deep have been Thy thoughts.

For a great God is Jehovah, And a great king over all gods.

For great is Jehovah, and praised greatly, Fearful He is over all gods.

Jehovah in Zion is great, And high He is over all the peoples.

They praise Thy name, 'Great, and fearful, holy it is.'

Bless, O my soul, Jehovah! Jehovah, my God, Thou hast been very great, Honour and majesty Thou hast put on.

This, the sea, great and broad of sides, There are moving things -- innumerable, Living creatures -- small with great.

They have forgotten God their saviour, The doer of great things in Egypt,

For great above the heavens is Thy kindness, And unto the clouds Thy truth.

Great are the works of Jehovah, Sought out by all desiring them.

He blesseth those fearing Jehovah, The small with the great.

Then filled with laughter is our mouth, And our tongue with singing, Then do they say among nations, 'Jehovah did great things with these.'

Jehovah did great things with us, We have been joyful.

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Jehovah, my heart hath not been haughty, Nor have mine eyes been high, Nor have I walked in great things, And in things too wonderful for me.

For I have known that great is Jehovah, Yea, our Lord is above all gods.

To Him doing great wonders by Himself alone, For to the age is His kindness.

To Him making great lights, For to the age is His kindness.

To Him smiting great kings, For to the age is His kindness.

I bow myself toward Thy holy temple, And I confess Thy name, For Thy kindness, and for Thy truth, For Thou hast made great Thy saying above all Thy name.

And they sing in the ways of Jehovah, For great is the honour of Jehovah.

And to me how precious have been Thy thoughts, O God, how great hath been their sum!

Because our sons are as plants, Becoming great in their youth, Our daughters as hewn stones, Polished -- the likeness of a palace,

Great is Jehovah, and praised greatly, And of His greatness there is no searching.

Gracious and merciful is Jehovah, Slow to anger, and great in kindness.

Great is our Lord, and abundant in power, Of His understanding there is no narration.

Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.

Without oxen a stall is clean, And great is the increase by the power of the ox.

Whoso is slow to anger is of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.

The gift of a man maketh room for him, And before the great it leadeth him.

A man of great wrath is bearing punishment, For, if thou dost deliver, yet again thou dost add.

Honour not thyself before a king, And in the place of the great stand not.

Great is the Former of all, And He is rewarding a fool, And is rewarding transgressors.

I made great my works, I builded for me houses, I planted for me vineyards.

And I became great, and increased above every one who had been before me in Jerusalem; also, my wisdom stood with me.

For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity, and to a man who hath not laboured therein he giveth it -- his portion! Even this is vanity and a great evil.

And if the one strengthen himself, the two stand against him; and the threefold cord is not hastily broken.

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is great on man:

If a man doth beget a hundred, and live many years, and is great, because they are the days of his years, and his soul is not satisfied from the goodness, and also he hath not had a grave, I have said, 'Better than he is the untimely birth.'

For to every delight there is a time and a judgment, for the misfortune of man is great upon him.

This also I have seen: wisdom under the sun, and it is great to me.

A little city, and few men in it, and a great king hath come unto it, and hath surrounded it, and hath built against it great bulwarks;

If the spirit of the ruler go up against thee, Thy place leave not, For yielding quieteth great sinners.

While that the silver cord is not removed, And the golden bowl broken, And the pitcher broken by the fountain, And the wheel broken at the well.

Then hath Jehovah prepared Over every fixed place of Mount Zion, And over her convocations, A cloud by day, and smoke, And the shining of a flaming fire by night, That, over all honour a safe-guard,

By the weapons of Jehovah of Hosts Do not many houses a desolation become? Great and good without inhabitant!

Woe to those drawing out iniquity with cords of vanity, And as with thick ropes of the cart -- sin.

And Jehovah hath put man far off, And great is the forsaken part in the heart of the land.

And Jehovah saith unto me, 'Take to thee a great tablet, and write upon it with a graving tool of man, To haste spoil, enjoy prey.'

Therefore, lo, the Lord is bringing up on them, The waters of the river, the mighty and the great, (The king of Asshur, and all his glory,) And it hath gone up over all its streams, And hath gone on over all its banks.

The people who are walking in darkness Have seen a great light, Dwellers in a land of death-shade, Light hath shone upon them.

Thou hast multiplied the nation, Thou hast made great its joy, They have joyed before Thee as the joy in harvest, As men rejoice in their apportioning spoil.

Cry aloud, and sing, O inhabitant of Zion, For great in thy midst is the Holy One of Israel!'

And now hath Jehovah spoken, saying, 'In three years, as years of an hireling, Lightly esteemed is the honour of Moab, With all the great multitude, And the remnant is little, small, not mighty!'

In the day thy plant thou causest to become great, And in the morning thy seed makest to flourish, A heap is the harvest in a day of overflowing, And of mortal pain.

And it hath been for a sign and for a testimony, To Jehovah of Hosts in the land of Egypt, For they cry unto Jehovah from the face of oppressors, And He sendeth to them a saviour, Even a great one, and hath delivered them.

Therefore filled have been my loins with great pain, Pangs have seized me as pangs of a travailing woman, I have been bent down by hearing, I have been troubled by seeing.

In that day lay a charge doth Jehovah, With his sword -- the sharp, and the great, and the strong, On leviathan -- a fleeing serpent, And on leviathan -- a crooked serpent, And He hath slain the dragon that is in the sea.

And it hath come to pass, in that day, It is blown with a great trumpet, And come in have those perishing in the land of Asshur, And those cast out in the land of Egypt, And have bowed themselves to Jehovah, In the holy mount -- in Jerusalem!