and God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release unto you your other brother and Benjamin. And if I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
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TSK · Proverbs 29:26
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Blessed be Jehovah, the God of our fathers, who hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem;
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast in like manner; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth lovingkindness; For thou renderest to every man according to his work.
The wrath of a king is [as] messengers of death; But a wise man will pacify it.
Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.
But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and vanity; yet surely the justice [due] to me is with Jehovah, and my recompense with my God.
For I know nothing against myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.