TSK · Proverbs 29:26

May God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved."

Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem;

"Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish."

Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work. A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah.

The king's wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.

The king's heart is in Yahweh's hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

But I said, "I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely the justice [due] to me is with Yahweh, and my reward with my God."

For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.