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Now, since we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not right for us to see the king's injury, therefore have we sent and informed the king;

And I said to them, Ye see the distress that we are in, that Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them and kill them, and put an end to the work.

And it came to pass as they spoke daily to him, and he hearkened not to them, that they informed Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand; for he had told them that he was a Jew.

Yet all this is of no avail to me so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.

For how shall I endure to see the evil that shall befall my people? and how shall I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?

But put forth thy hand now and touch all that he hath, [and see] if he will not curse thee to thy face!

but put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, [and see] if he will not curse thee to thy face!

Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it wait for light, and have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the dawn:

So now ye are nothing; ye see a terrible object and are afraid.

Remember thou that my life is wind; mine eye shall no more see good.

Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not; and he passeth along, and I perceive him not.

And my days are swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no good.

And where is then my hope? yea, my hope, who shall see it?

And [if] after my skin this shall be destroyed, yet from out of my flesh shall I see +God;

Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another:—my reins are consumed within me.

The eye which saw him shall [see him] not again; and his place beholdeth him no more.

He shall not see streams, rivers, brooks of honey and butter.

His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the fury of the Almighty.

Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee.