Forasmuch as you are sent by the king and his seven counselors to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem according to the law of your God which is in your hand,

“You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God which is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges that they may judge all the people who are in the province beyond the River, even all those who know the laws of your God; and you may teach anyone who is ignorant of them.

and has extended lovingkindness to me before the king and his counselors and before all the king’s mighty princes. Thus I was strengthened according to the hand of the Lord my God upon me, and I gathered leading men from Israel to go up with me.

According to the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of insight of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely Sherebiah, and his sons and brothers, 18 men;

For I was ashamed to request from the king troops and horsemen to protect us from the enemy on the way, because we had said to the king, “The hand of our God is favorably disposed to all those who seek Him, but His power and His anger are against all those who forsake Him.”

Then we journeyed from the river Ahava on the twelfth of the first month to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was over us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the ambushes by the way.

On the fourth day the silver and the gold and the utensils were weighed out in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest, and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them were the Levites, Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Noadiah the son of Binnui.

Since the days of our fathers to this day we have been in great guilt, and on account of our iniquities we, our kings and our priests have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity and to plunder and to open shame, as it is this day.

They are Your servants and Your people whom You redeemed by Your great power and by Your strong hand.

and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress which is by the temple, for the wall of the city and for the house to which I will go.” And the king granted them to me because the good hand of my God was on me.

I told them how the hand of my God had been favorable to me and also about the king’s words which he had spoken to me. Then they said, “Let us arise and build.” So they put their hands to the good work.

Those who were rebuilding the wall and those who carried burdens took their load with one hand doing the work and the other holding a weapon.

Then Sanballat sent his servant to me in the same manner a fifth time with an open letter in his hand.

Ezra the scribe stood at a wooden podium which they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hand; and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah and Meshullam on his left hand.

“So their sons entered and possessed the land.
And You subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites,
And You gave them into their hand, with their kings and the peoples of the land,
To do with them as they desired.

“Therefore You delivered them into the hand of their oppressors who oppressed them,
But when they cried to You in the time of their distress,
You heard from heaven, and according to Your great compassion
You gave them deliverers who delivered them from the hand of their oppressors.

“But as soon as they had rest, they did evil again before You;
Therefore You abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, so that they ruled over them.
When they cried again to You, You heard from heaven,
And many times You rescued them according to Your compassion,

“However, You bore with them for many years,
And admonished them by Your Spirit through Your prophets,
Yet they would not give ear.
Therefore You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

Then the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.

When the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, she obtained favor in his sight; and the king extended to Esther the golden scepter which was in his hand. So Esther came near and touched the top of the scepter.

But put forth Your hand now and touch all that he has; he will surely curse You to Your face.”

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power, only do not put forth your hand on him.” So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord.

However, put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse You to Your face.”

“But He saves from the sword of their mouth,
And the poor from the hand of the mighty.

“Would that God were willing to crush me,
That He would loose His hand and cut me off!

Or, ‘Deliver me from the hand of the adversary,’
Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the tyrants’?

“The earth is given into the hand of the wicked;
He covers the faces of its judges.
If it is not He, then who is it?

“There is no umpire between us,
Who may lay his hand upon us both.

‘According to Your knowledge I am indeed not guilty,
Yet there is no deliverance from Your hand.

‘Should my head be lifted up, You would hunt me like a lion;
And again You would show Your power against me.

“If you would direct your heart right
And spread out your hand to Him,

If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away,
And do not let wickedness dwell in your tents;

“Who among all these does not know
That the hand of the Lord has done this,

In whose hand is the life of every living thing,
And the breath of all mankind?

Remove Your hand from me,
And let not the dread of You terrify me.

“He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that a day of darkness is at hand.

Because he has stretched out his hand against God
And conducts himself arrogantly against the Almighty.

“How long will you hunt for words?
Show understanding and then we can talk.

“Pity me, pity me, O you my friends,
For the hand of God has struck me.

“In the fullness of his plenty he will be cramped;
The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him.

“Look at me, and be astonished,
And put your hand over your mouth.

“Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand;
The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

“Even today my complaint is rebellion;
His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

“By His breath the heavens are cleared;
His hand has pierced the fleeing serpent.

“He puts his hand on the flint;
He overturns the mountains at the base.

‘My glory is ever new with me,
And my bow is renewed in my hand.’

“On the right hand their brood arises;
They thrust aside my feet and build up against me their ways of destruction.

“You have become cruel to me;
With the might of Your hand You persecute me.

“Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand,
Or in his disaster therefore cry out for help?

If I have lifted up my hand against the orphan,
Because I saw I had support in the gate,

If I have gloated because my wealth was great,
And because my hand had secured so much;

And my heart became secretly enticed,
And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

“In a moment they die, and at midnight
People are shaken and pass away,
And the mighty are taken away without a hand.

“If you are righteous, what do you give to Him,
Or what does He receive from your hand?

“He seals the hand of every man,
That all men may know His work.

“Can you hunt the prey for the lion,
Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

“Behold, I am insignificant; what can I reply to You?
I lay my hand on my mouth.

“Then I will also confess to you,
That your own right hand can save you.

“Lay your hand on him;
Remember the battle; you will not do it again!

Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up Your hand.
Do not forget the afflicted.

You have seen it, for You have beheld mischief and vexation to take it into Your hand.
The unfortunate commits himself to You;
You have been the helper of the orphan.

I have set the Lord continually before me;
Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

You will make known to me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.

Wondrously show Your lovingkindness,
O Savior of those who take refuge at Your right hand
From those who rise up against them.

From men with Your hand, O Lord,
From men of the world, whose portion is in this life,
And whose belly You fill with Your treasure;
They are satisfied with children,
And leave their abundance to their babes.

You have also given me the shield of Your salvation,
And Your right hand upholds me;
And Your gentleness makes me great.

Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed;
He will answer him from His holy heaven
With the saving strength of His right hand.

Your hand will find out all your enemies;
Your right hand will find out those who hate you.

In whose hands is a wicked scheme,
And whose right hand is full of bribes.

Into Your hand I commit my spirit;
You have ransomed me, O Lord, God of truth.

And You have not given me over into the hand of the enemy;
You have set my feet in a large place.

My times are in Your hand;
Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me.

For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me;
My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. Selah.

Let not the foot of pride come upon me,
And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.

When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong,
Because the Lord is the One who holds his hand.

The Lord will not leave him in his hand
Or let him be condemned when he is judged.

For Your arrows have sunk deep into me,
And Your hand has pressed down on me.

“Remove Your plague from me;
Because of the opposition of Your hand I am perishing.

You with Your own hand drove out the nations;
Then You planted them;
You afflicted the peoples,
Then You spread them abroad.

For by their own sword they did not possess the land,
And their own arm did not save them,
But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence,
For You favored them.

And in Your majesty ride on victoriously,
For the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness;
Let Your right hand teach You awesome things.

Kings’ daughters are among Your noble ladies;
At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.

As is Your name, O God,
So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;
Your right hand is full of righteousness.

That Your beloved may be delivered,
Save with Your right hand, and answer us!

My soul clings to You;
Your right hand upholds me.

Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,
Out of the grasp of the wrongdoer and ruthless man,

Nevertheless I am continually with You;
You have taken hold of my right hand.

Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand?
From within Your bosom, destroy them!

For a cup is in the hand of the Lord, and the wine foams;
It is well mixed, and He pours out of this;
Surely all the wicked of the earth must drain and drink down its dregs.

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord;
In the night my hand was stretched out without weariness;
My soul refused to be comforted.

Then I said, “It is my grief,
That the right hand of the Most High has changed.”

You led Your people like a flock
By the hand of Moses and Aaron.

So He brought them to His holy land,
To this hill country which His right hand had gained.

And gave up His strength to captivity
And His glory into the hand of the adversary.

Even the shoot which Your right hand has planted,
And on the son whom You have strengthened for Yourself.

Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.

“I would quickly subdue their enemies
And turn My hand against their adversaries.

Rescue the weak and needy;
Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

Forsaken among the dead,
Like the slain who lie in the grave,
Whom You remember no more,
And they are cut off from Your hand.

You have a strong arm;
Your hand is mighty, Your right hand is exalted.