And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a certain nation living here and there in small groups among the people in all the divisions of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of any other nation, and they do not keep the king's laws: for this reason it is not right for the king to let them be.

If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.

And the king said unto Haman, "Let the silver be given thee, and that people also, to do withal what pleaseth thee."

Letters were sent by the runners to all the king's provinces stating that they should destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews, from youth to elderly, both women and children, on a particular day, namely the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar), and to loot and plunder their possessions.

When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;

And he gave him the copy of the order which had been given out in Shushan for their destruction, ordering him to let Esther see it, and to make it clear to her; and to say to her that she was to go in to the king, requesting his mercy, and making prayer for her people.

Go, get together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and go without food for me, taking no food or drink night or day for three days: and I and my women will do the same; and so I will go in to the king, which is against the law: and if death is to be my fate, then let it come.

And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.

Then the king said, Let Haman come quickly, so that what Esther has said may be done. So the king and Haman came to the feast which Esther had made ready.

If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.

Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.

Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow 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.

And Haman said unto the king, "Let the man unto whom the king would be glad to do worship, be brought hither,

Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:

And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him 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 honour.

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.

So Haman took the clothing and the horse, and he clothed Mordecai and let him ride through the public square of the city; and he proclaimed before him, "Thus, it is done to the man whom the king wishes to honor."

Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour 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 when the king came again out of the palace garden into the parlor where they had eaten, Haman had laid him upon the bed that Esther sat upon. Then said the king, "Will he force the queen also? Beside me, in the house?" As soon as that word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour 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 which 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.

And Mordecai went out from before the king, dressed in king-like robes of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold and clothing of purple and the best linen: and all the town of Shushan gave loud cries of joy.

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

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.

The king said, "Let this be done." So an edict was issued in Susa, and Haman's ten sons were hanged on poles.

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 in her coming in before the king, he said with the letter, 'Let his evil device that he devised against the Jews turn back upon his own head,' and they have hanged him and his sons on the tree,

therefore they have called these days Purim -- by the name of the lot -- therefore, because of all the words of this letter, and what they have seen concerning this, and what hath come unto them,

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

and he saith, 'Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother, and naked I turn back thither: Jehovah hath given and Jehovah hath taken: let the name of Jehovah be blessed.'

and said, "Let the day perish, wherein I was born,

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:

Now I would certainly be lying down in peace;
I would be asleep.
Then I would be at rest

Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.

There, are those let out free which have been in prison, so that they hear no more the voice of the oppressor.

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?

Though the noise of the lion and the sounding of his voice, may be loud, the teeth of the young lions are broken.

Truly, that man is happy who has training from the hand of God: so do not let your heart be shut to the teaching of the Ruler of all.

Job answered, and said, "Oh that my misery were weighed, and my punishment laid in the balances:

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.

Shew me, and I -- I keep silent, And what I have erred, let me understand.

Even over [the] orphan you would cast the lot, and you would bargain over your friend.

Now then, let your eyes be turned to me, for truly I will not say what is false to your face.

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

When I go to my bed, I say, When will it be time to get up? but the night is long, and I am turning from side to side till morning light.

So I will not keep my mouth shut; I will let the words come from it in the pain of my spirit, my soul will make a bitter outcry.

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?

“Why then do You not pardon my transgression
And take away my sin and guilt?
For now I will lie down in the dust;
And You will seek me [diligently], but I will not be.”

Who gives orders to the sun, and it does not give its light; and who keeps the stars from shining.

He doesn’t let me catch my breath
but soaks me with bitter experiences.

If I say, I will put my grief out of mind, I will let my face be sad no longer and I will be bright;

You will not let me be clear of sin! why then do I take trouble for nothing?

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

My soul is tired of life; I will let my sad thoughts go free in words; my soul will make a bitter outcry.

I say unto God, 'Do not condemn me, Let me know why Thou dost strive with me.

Didn't you pour me out like milk and let me congeal like cheese?

And these Thou hast laid up in Thy heart, I have known that this is with Thee.

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.

Godliness is a light despised in the hearts of the rich, and is set for them to stumble upon.

“But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you;
And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you.

Or speak to the earth, and it will instruct you;
let the fish of the sea inform you.

Truly, there is no building up of what is pulled down by him; when a man is shut up by him, no one may let him loose.

Behold, if he withhold the waters, they dry up; If he let them go, they destroy the earth.

With him strength and purpose:to him the one led astray and him leading astray.

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.

If only you would shut up
and let that be your wisdom!

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 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.

How many iniquities and sins have I? My transgression and my sin let me know.

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

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

That you should turn your spirit against God
And let such words [as you have spoken] go out of your mouth?

"I'll tell you what, listen to me! Let me relate what I've seen,

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

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

Like a vine he will let his sour grapes fall, and like an olive tree he will shed his blossoms.

“But now He has exhausted me;
You have laid waste all my company.

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.

At ease I have been, and he breaketh me, And he hath laid hold on my neck, And he breaketh me in pieces, And he raiseth me to him for a mark.

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 place.