And Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found grace in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request;

and said, If it please the king and if I have found grace before him, and the thing seem right to the king, and I be pleasing in his sight, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all the king's provinces.

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

Let the day perish in which I was born, and the night that said, There is a man child conceived.

That day let it be darkness, let not +God care for it from above, neither let light shine upon it:

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let clouds dwell upon it; let darkeners of the day terrify it.

That night let gloom seize upon it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.

Behold, let that night be barren; let no joyful sound come therein;

Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to rouse Leviathan;

Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it wait for light, and have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the dawn:

And that it would please +God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!

Return, I pray you, let there be no wrong; yea, return again, my righteousness shall be in it.

I loathe it; I shall not live always: let me alone, for my days are a breath.

How long wilt thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid,

Are not my days few? cease then and let me alone, that I may revive a little,

If thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy tents;

Hold your peace from me, and I will speak, and let come on me what will!

Withdraw thy hand far from me; and let not thy terror make me afraid:

Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;

O earth, cover not my blood, and let there be no place for my cry!

Hear attentively my speech, and let this replace your consolations.

My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart reproacheth me not one of my days.

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

(Let me be weighed in an even balance, and +God will take knowledge of my blamelessness;)

Let me sow, and another eat; and let mine offspring be rooted out.

Let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.

Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone!

Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold my signature: let the Almighty answer me! And let mine opponent write an accusation!

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and tares instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

I said, Let days speak, and multitude of years teach wisdom.

Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person; neither will I give flattery to man.

Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us know among ourselves what is good!

Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth +God, let him answer it.

Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their cords from us!

Bring guilt upon them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels: drive them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against thee.

Let the enemy pursue after my soul, and take it, and let him tread down my life to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.

Oh let the wrong of the wicked come to an end, and establish thou the righteous man; even thou that triest the hearts and reins, the righteous God.

Arise, Jehovah; let not man prevail: let the nations be judged in thy sight.

Let my judgment come forth from thy presence, let thine eyes regard equity.

Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be perfect, and I shall be innocent from great transgression.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer.

Save, Jehovah! Let the king answer us in the day we call.

Commit it to Jehovah let him rescue him; let him deliver him, because he delighteth in him!

My God, I confide in thee; let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.

Keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I trust in thee.

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

Wait for Jehovah; be strong and let thy heart take courage: yea, wait for Jehovah.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} In thee, Jehovah, do I trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

Jehovah, let me not be ashamed; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, let them be silent in Sheol.

Let the lying lips become dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all ye that hope in Jehovah.

Let all the earth fear Jehovah; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

Let thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, according as we have hoped in thee.

Magnify Jehovah with me, and let us exalt his name together.

Let them be put to shame and confounded that seek after my life; let them be turned backward and brought to confusion that devise my hurt:

Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of Jehovah drive them away;

Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of Jehovah pursue them.

Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net which he hath hidden catch himself: for destruction let him fall therein.

Let not them that are wrongfully mine enemies rejoice over me; let them not wink with the eye that hate me without cause.

Judge me, Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me.

Let them not say in their heart, Aha! so would we have it. Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine adversity; let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

Let them exult and rejoice that delight in my righteousness; and let them say continually, Jehovah be magnified, who delighteth in the prosperity of his servant.

Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.

For I said, Let them not rejoice over me! When my foot slipped, they magnified themselves against me.

Look away from me, and let me recover strength, before I go hence and be no more.

Withhold not thou, Jehovah, thy tender mercies from me; let thy loving-kindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be turned backward and confounded that take pleasure in mine adversity;

Let them be desolate, because of their shame, that say unto me, Aha! Aha!

Let all those that seek thee be glad and rejoice in thee; let such as love thy salvation say continually, Jehovah be magnified!

Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and let a willing spirit sustain me.

Let death seize upon them, let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwellings, in their midst.

Be exalted above the heavens, O God; let thy glory be above all the earth!

Be exalted above the heavens, O God; let thy glory be above all the earth!

Let them melt away as waters that flow off; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as blunted:

Let them be as a snail that melteth as it passeth away; like the untimely birth of a woman, let them not see the sun.

God, whose loving-kindness will come to meet me, God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.

Because of the sin of their mouth, the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and because of cursing and lying which they speak.

He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes observe the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.

Let the peoples praise thee, O God, let all the peoples praise thee.

Let the nations rejoice and sing for joy: for thou wilt judge the peoples equitably; and the nations upon earth, thou wilt guide them. Selah.

Let the peoples praise thee, O God; let all the peoples praise thee.

{To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm: a Song.} Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered, and let them that hate him flee before him.

Let not them that wait on thee, Lord, Jehovah of hosts, be ashamed through me; let not those that seek thee be confounded through me, O God of Israel.

Deliver me out of the mire, let me not sink; let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the depths of waters.

Let not the flood of waters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

Let their table become a snare before them, and their very welfare a trap;

Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not, and make their loins continually to shake.

Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of thine anger take hold of them.

Let their habitation be desolate; let there be no dweller in their tents.

Add iniquity unto their iniquity, and let them not come into thy righteousness.

Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.

But I am afflicted and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me secure on high.

Let heavens and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moveth therein.

Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion that seek after my soul; let them be turned backward and confounded that take pleasure in mine adversity;

Let them turn back because of their shame that say, Aha! Aha!

Let all those that seek thee be glad and rejoice in thee, and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified!