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

Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which 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.

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

But 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 their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,

Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised 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 in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.

Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.

Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which 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 grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

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

Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.

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

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

Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

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

A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

He discovereth 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.

Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.

Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

They change the night into day: the light is short because of 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 tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

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

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

Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.

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

They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

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

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 he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.

When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: 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 my offspring be rooted out.

If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;

Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

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

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

Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.

He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

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

Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.

Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.

Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.

Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?

And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

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

Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

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

Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

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

By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.

There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

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

Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

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

Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.

For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

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

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

Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.

His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.

He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.

Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

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