Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou may hearken to the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the sons of Israel thy servants while I confess the sins of the sons

We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which thou commanded thy servant Moses.

Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commanded thy servant Moses, saying, If ye trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples,

Now these are thy servants and thy people whom thou have redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.

O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who delight to fear thy name, and, I pray thee, prosper thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight

And the king said to me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much afraid.

And I said to the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favor in thy sight, that thou would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' sepulchers, that I may build it.

And the king said to me (the queen also sitting by him), For how long shall thy journey be? And when will thou return? So it pleased the king to send me, and I set him a time.

Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, [and] Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting. And blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted abo

and made known to them thy holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses thy servant.

But they and our fathers dealt proudly and stiffened their neck, and did not hearken to thy commandments,

and refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou did among them, but stiffened their neck. And in their rebellion they appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But thou are a God ready to pardon, gracious a

Yea, when they had made a molten calf for them, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations,

yet thou in thy manifold mercies did not forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud did not depart from over them by day to lead them in the way, neither the pillar of fire by night to show them light, and the way in which

Thou also gave thy good Spirit to instruct them, and did not withhold thy manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.

Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and killed thy prophets who testified against them to turn them again to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

Therefore thou delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them. And in the time of their trouble, when they cried to thee, thou heard from heaven, and according to thy manifold mercies thou gave them saviors

and testified against them, that thou might bring them again to thy law. Yet they dealt proudly, and did not hearken to thy commandments, but sinned against thine ordinances (which if a man does, he shall live in them), and withdre

Yet many years thou bore with them, and testified against them by thy Spirit through thy prophets. Yet they would not give ear. Therefore thou gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

Nevertheless in thy manifold mercies thou did not make a full end of them, nor forsake them, for thou are a gracious and merciful God.

neither have our kings, our rulers, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened to thy commandments and thy testimonies with which thou testified against them.

For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gave them, and in the large and fat land which thou gave before them, neither did they turn from their wicked works.

And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day. Remember to me, O my God, this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy loving k

And Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom, and their laws are diverse from [those of] every people, nor do they keep the king's

For if thou altogether keep quiet at this time, then relief and deliverance will arise to the Jews from another place, but thou and thy father's house will perish. And who knows whether thou have not come to the kingdom for such a

Then the king said to her, What will thou, queen Esther? And what is thy request? It shall be given thee even to the half of the kingdom.

And the king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? And it shall be granted thee. And what is thy request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.

And the king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? And it shall be granted thee. And what is thy request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.

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 the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman. What then have they done in the rest of the king's provinces! Now what is thy petition? And

But put forth thy hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce thee to thy face.

And LORD said to Satan, Behold, all that he has is in thy power, only upon himself do not put forth thy hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of LORD.

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house.

But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce thee to thy face.

And LORD said to Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand, only spare his life.

Thy words have upheld him who was falling, and thou have made firm the feeble knees.

Is not thy fear [of God] thy confidence, the integrity of thy ways thy hope?

And thou shall know that thy tent is in peace, and thou shall visit thy fold, and shall miss nothing.

Thou shall know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

Thou shall come to thy grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.

Lo this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

What is man, that thou should magnify him, and that thou should set thy mind upon him,

How long will thou speak these things? And [how long] shall the words of thy mouth be [like] a mighty wind?

If thy sons have sinned against him, and he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression,

if thou would seek diligently to God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty,

if thou were pure and upright, surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

And though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end would greatly increase.

He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with shouting.

Is it good to thee that thou should oppress, that thou should despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

Are thy days as the days of man, or thy years as man's days,

although thou know that I am not wicked. And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?

Thy hands have made me and fashioned me together round about, yet thou destroy me.

Thou have granted me life and loving kindness, and thy visitation has preserved my spirit.

Yet these things thou hid in thy heart. I know that this is with thee.

Thou renew thy witnesses against me, and increase thine indignation upon me. Changes and warfare are with me.

Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mock, shall no man make thee ashamed?

If thou set thy heart aright, and stretch out thy hands toward him,

if iniquity is in thy hand, put it far away, and let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.

Surely then thou shall lift up thy face without spot. Yea, thou shall be steadfast, and shall not fear.

For thou shall forget thy misery. Thou shall remember it as waters that are passed away.

And [thy] life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.

And thou shall be secure, because there is hope. Yea, thou shall search [about thee], and shall take thy rest in safety.

Only do not do two things to me, then I will not hide myself from thy face:

Withdraw thy hand far from me, and do not let thy dread make me afraid.

Why do thou hide thy face, and reckon me for thine enemy?

O that thou would hide me in Sheol, that thou would keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou would appoint for me a set time, and remember me!

Thou would call, and I would answer thee. Thou would have a desire to the work of thy hands.

For thine iniquity teaches thy mouth. And thou choose the tongue of the crafty.

With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than thy father.

Why does thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,

that against God thou turn thy spirit, and let words go out of thy mouth?

And they say to God, Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of thy ways.

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou are righteous? Or is it gain [to him] that thou make thy ways perfect?

Is it for thy fear [of him] that he reproves thee, that he enters with thee into judgment?

Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.

For thou have taken pledges from thy brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shall be built up, thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.

Yea, the Almighty will be thy treasure, and precious silver to thee.

For then shall thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shall lift up thy face to God.

Thou shall make thy prayer to him, and he will hear thee, and thou shall pay thy vows.

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

He will deliver [even] him who is not innocent. Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.

Thou have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of thy hand thou persecute me.

If thou can, answer thou me. Set [thy words] in order before me. Stand forth.

Surely thou have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of [thy] words, [saying],

I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

If thou have sinned, what do thou effect against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what do thou to him?

If thou be righteous, what do thou give him? Or what does he receive of thy hand?

Thy wickedness [is] a man as thou are, and thy righteousness [is] a son of man.

Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress into a broad place, where there is no confinement, and that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness.

Will thy cry not avail in distress, or all the forces of strength?

How thy garments are warm when the earth is still because of the south [wind]?

Gird up now thy loins like a man, for I will demand of thee, and declare thou to me.

and said, This far thou shall come, but no further, and here thy proud waves shall be stayed?

Have thou commanded the morning since thy days [began], [and] caused the dayspring to know its place

Thou know, for thou were born then, and the number of thy days is great!

Can thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?

Will thou trust him because his strength is great? Or will thou leave to him thy labor?