Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,

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:

And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.

The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.

On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.

But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.

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

So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.

Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:

How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.

Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.

Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?

He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.

Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.

He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.

My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.

For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.

He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.