After these events King Ahasuerus promoted Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him and established his authority over all the princes who were with him.

Then the king’s scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and it was written just as Haman commanded to the king’s satraps, to the governors who were over each province and to the princes of each people, each province according to its script, each people according to its language, being written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king’s signet ring.

and let the robe and the horse be handed over to one of the king’s most noble princes and let them array the man whom the king desires to honor and lead him on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him, ‘Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king desires to honor.’”

The king took off his signet ring which he had taken away from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

Now in the twelfth month (that is, the month Adar), on the thirteenth day when the king’s command and edict were about to be executed, on the day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, it was turned to the contrary so that the Jews themselves gained the mastery over those who hated them.

When they lifted up their eyes at a distance and did not recognize him, they raised their voices and wept. And each of them tore his robe and they threw dust over their heads toward the sky.

“Does the wild donkey bray over his grass,
Or does the ox low over his fodder?

“You would even cast lots for the orphans
And barter over your friend.

“Am I the sea, or the sea monster,
That You set a guard over me?

“He thrives before the sun,
And his shoots spread out over his garden.

“God hands me over to ruffians
And tosses me into the hands of the wicked.

“I have sewed sackcloth over my skin
And thrust my horn in the dust.

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

“While he is carried to the grave,
Men will keep watch over his tomb.

“He stretches out the north over empty space
And hangs the earth on nothing.

“He obscures the face of the full moon
And spreads His cloud over it.

“The proud beasts have not trodden it,
Nor has the fierce lion passed over it.

“Oh that I were as in months gone by,
As in the days when God watched over me;

When His lamp shone over my head,
And by His light I walked through darkness;

As I was in the prime of my days,
When the friendship of God was over my tent;

May my wife grind for another,
And let others kneel down over her.

He keeps back his soul from the pit,
And his life from passing over into Sheol.

“Who gave Him authority over the earth?
And who has laid on Him the whole world?

“Do you know the ordinances of the heavens,
Or fix their rule over the earth?

“With shaking and rage he races over the ground,
And he does not stand still at the voice of the trumpet.

“Will the traders bargain over him?
Will they divide him among the merchants?

“He looks on everything that is high;
He is king over all the sons of pride.”

Let the assembly of the peoples encompass You,
And over them return on high.

You make him to rule over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things under his feet,

Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?”

How long shall I take counsel in my soul,
Having sorrow in my heart all the day?
How long will my enemy be exalted over me?

For by You I can run upon a troop;
And by my God I can leap over a wall.

Also keep back Your servant from presumptuous sins;
Let them not rule over me;
Then I will be blameless,
And I shall be acquitted of great transgression.

We will sing for joy over your victory,
And in the name of our God we will set up our banners.
May the Lord fulfill all your petitions.

For the kingdom is the Lord’s
And He rules over the nations.

O my God, in You I trust,
Do not let me be ashamed;
Do not let my enemies exult over me.

Do not deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries,
For false witnesses have risen against me,
And such as breathe out violence.

The voice of the Lord is upon the waters;
The God of glory thunders,
The Lord is over many waters.

A Psalm; a Song at the Dedication of the House. A Psalm of David.
I will extol You, O Lord, for You have lifted me up,
And have not let my enemies rejoice over me.

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

Do not let those who are wrongfully my enemies rejoice over me;
Nor let those who hate me without cause wink maliciously.

Judge me, O Lord my God, according to Your righteousness,
And do not let them rejoice over me.

Let those be ashamed and humiliated altogether who rejoice at my distress;
Let those be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves over me.

For my iniquities are gone over my head;
As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

I am bent over and greatly bowed down;
I go mourning all day long.

For I said, “May they not rejoice over me,
Who, when my foot slips, would magnify themselves against me.”

The Lord will protect him and keep him alive,
And he shall be called blessed upon the earth;
And do not give him over to the desire of his enemies.

By this I know that You are pleased with me,
Because my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.

Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your breakers and Your waves have rolled over me.

For the Lord Most High is to be feared,
A great King over all the earth.

God reigns over the nations,
God sits on His holy throne.

As sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
Death shall be their shepherd;
And the upright shall rule over them in the morning,
And their form shall be for Sheol to consume
So that they have no habitation.

“Moab is My washbowl;
Over Edom I shall throw My shoe;
Shout loud, O Philistia, because of Me!”

They will be delivered over to the power of the sword;
They will be a prey for foxes.

You made men ride over our heads;
We went through fire and through water,
Yet You brought us out into a place of abundance.

Ascribe strength to God;
His majesty is over Israel
And His strength is in the skies.

He gave over their cattle also to the hailstones
And their herds to bolts of lightning.

He leveled a path for His anger;
He did not spare their soul from death,
But gave over their life to the plague,

“So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their heart,
To walk in their own devices.

That they may know that You alone, whose name is the Lord,
Are the Most High over all the earth.

Your burning anger has passed over me;
Your terrors have destroyed me.

For You are the Lord Most High over all the earth;
You are exalted far above all gods.

When the wind has passed over it, it is no more,
And its place acknowledges it no longer.

The Lord has established His throne in the heavens,
And His sovereignty rules over all.

You set a boundary that they may not pass over,
So that they will not return to cover the earth.

He made him lord of his house
And ruler over all his possessions,

Then He gave them into the hand of the nations,
And those who hated them ruled over them.

“Moab is My washbowl;
Over Edom I shall throw My shoe;
Over Philistia I will shout aloud.”

Appoint a wicked man over him,
And let an accuser stand at his right hand.

He will judge among the nations,
He will fill them with corpses,
He will shatter the chief men over a broad country.

The Lord has disciplined me severely,
But He has not given me over to death.

Establish my footsteps in Your word,
And do not let any iniquity have dominion over me.

Then the waters would have engulfed us,
The stream would have swept over our soul;

Then the raging waters would have swept over our soul.”

Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips.

The Lord is good to all,
And His mercies are over all His works.

Discretion will guard you,
Understanding will watch over you,

“Do not forsake her, and she will guard you;
Love her, and she will watch over you.

The way of the wicked is like darkness;
They do not know over what they stumble.

Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For from it flow the springs of life.

When you walk about, they will guide you;
When you sleep, they will watch over you;
And when you awake, they will talk to you.

A servant who acts wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully,
And will share in the inheritance among brothers.

Luxury is not fitting for a fool;
Much less for a slave to rule over princes.

A wise king winnows the wicked,
And drives the threshing wheel over them.

The rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.

Those who linger long over wine,
Those who go to taste mixed wine.

Like a city that is broken into and without walls
Is a man who has no control over his spirit.

Like a roaring lion and a rushing bear
Is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

I, the Preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.

I said to myself, “Behold, I have magnified and increased wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”

And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is vanity.

For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same. As one dies so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is vanity.

If you see oppression of the poor and denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be shocked at the sight; for one official watches over another official, and there are higher officials over them.

For what advantage does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have, knowing how to walk before the living?

No man has authority to restrain the wind with the wind, or authority over the day of death; and there is no discharge in the time of war, and evil will not deliver those who practice it.

All this I have seen and applied my mind to every deed that has been done under the sun wherein a man has exercised authority over another man to his hurt.

“He has brought me to his banquet hall,
And his banner over me is love.

‘For behold, the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone.

“Before I was aware, my soul set me
Over the chariots of my noble people.”

“The mandrakes have given forth fragrance;
And over our doors are all choice fruits,
Both new and old,
Which I have saved up for you, my beloved.