oyed by the sword of their enemies, without all
mercy and pity, the fourteenth day of the twelfth month Adar of
this present year:

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That they, who of old and now also are malicious, may in one
day with violence go into the grave, and so ever hereafter cause
our affairs to be well settled, and without trouble.

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Then Mardocheus thought upon all the works of the Lord, and
made his prayer unto him,

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Saying, O Lord, Lord, the King Almighty: for the whole world
is in thy power, and if thou hast appointed to save Israel,
there is no man that can gainsay thee:

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For thou hast made heaven and earth, and all the wondrous
things under the heaven.

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Thou art Lord of all things, and and there is no man that can
resist thee, which art the Lord.

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Thou knowest all things, and thou knowest, Lord, that it was
neither in contempt nor pride, nor for any desire of glory, that
I did not bow down to proud Aman.

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For I could have been content with good will for the
salvation of Israel to kiss the soles of his feet.

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But I did this, that I might not prefer the glory of man
above the glory of God: neither will I worship any but thee, O
God, neither will I do it in pride.

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And now, O Lord God and King, spare thy people: for their
eyes are upon us to bring us to nought; yea, they desire to
destroy the inheritance, that hath been thine from the
beginning.

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Despise not the portion, which thou hast delivered out of
Egypt for thine own self.

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Hear my prayer, and be merciful unto thine inheritance: turn
our sorrow into joy, that we may live, O Lord, and praise thy
name: and destroy not the mouths of them that praise thee, O
Lord.

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All Israel in like manner cried most earnestly unto the Lord,
because their death was before their eyes.

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Queen Esther also, being in fear of death, resorted unto the
Lord:

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And laid away her glorious apparel, and put on the garments
of anguish and mourning: and instead of precious ointments, she
covered her head with ashes and dung, and she humbled her body
greatly, and all the places of her joy she filled with her torn
hair.

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And she prayed unto the Lord God of Israel, saying, O my
Lord, thou only art our King: help me, desolate woman, which
have no helper but thee:

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For my