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And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.

And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.

For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

And the king said unto 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.

Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.

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.

And the king said again unto 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? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.

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:

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 Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.

Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.

And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.

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 Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.

They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.

For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

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

The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.

Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.

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

If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.

At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.

He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.

Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?

Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.

Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.

If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

The LORD shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.

Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.

He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.

They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.

And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.

They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.

Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.

For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.

At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.

It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:

Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.

Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.

Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.

At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.