Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

let royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and on the head of which a crown royal is set:

and let the apparel and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man therewith whom the king delighteth to honor, and cause him to ride on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honor.

Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.

Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favor 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 she said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, 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:

Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.

The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honor.

the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jew's enemy, slew they; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.

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

And the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men in Shushan; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.

And the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of them that hated them seventy and five thousand; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.

because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

Let the day perish wherein I was born, And the night which said, There is a man-child conceived.

Let that day be darkness; Let not God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine upon it.

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let all that maketh black the day terrify it.

As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it: Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months.

Lo, let that night be barren; Let no joyful voice come therein.

Let them curse it that curse the day, Who are ready to rouse up leviathan.

Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark: Let it look for light, but have none; Neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning:

Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.

Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;

Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in?

Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!

Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; Yea, return again, my cause is righteous.

I loathe my life ; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.

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 take comfort a little,

The land dark as midnight, The land of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.

If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.

He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak; And let come on me what will.

Hear diligently my speech, And let my declaration be in your ears.

Withdraw thy hand far from me; And let not thy terror make me afraid.

Then call thou, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer thou me.

But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.

And thou hast laid fast hold on me, which is a witness against me : And my leanness riseth up against me, It testifieth to my face.

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust.

O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have no resting -place.

They change the night into day: The light,'say they , is near unto the darkness.

Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.

The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.

He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.

That with an iron pen and lead They were graven in the rock for ever!

Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;

All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown by man'shall devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

Hear diligently my speech; And let this be your consolations.

Ye say , God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it:

Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; And light shall shine upon thy ways.

Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?

These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.

The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.

In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.

Is there any number of his armies? And upon whom doth not his light arise?

He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness.

My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproach me'so long as I live.

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.

He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;

The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;

I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down.

When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness.

(Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity);

Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;

Then let my wife grind unto 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! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); And that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written!

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

Let me not, I pray you, respect any man's person; Neither will I give flattering titles unto any man.

He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.

To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

Let us choose for us that which is right: Let us know among ourselves what is good.

For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.

Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea.

And now men see not the light which is bright in the skies; But the wind passeth, and cleareth them.

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,

And from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken.

Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?

Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her train?

Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.

His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us.

I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for Jehovah sustaineth me.

Many there are that say, Who will show us any good? Jehovah, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

Lead me, O Jehovah, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; Make thy way straight before my face.

Hold them guilty, O God; Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions; For they have rebelled against thee.

But let all those that take refuge in thee rejoice, Let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: Let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.