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Therefore thou didst give them into the hand of their enemies, who made them suffer; and in the time of their suffering they cried to thee and thou didst hear them from heaven; and according to thy great mercies thou didst give them saviors who saved them from the hand of their enemies.

Many years thou didst bear with them, and didst warn them by thy Spirit through thy prophets; yet they would not give ear. Therefore thou didst give them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

"Now therefore, our God, the great and mighty and terrible God, who keepest covenant and steadfast love, let not all the hardship seem little to thee that has come upon us, upon our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers, and all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria until this day.

And one of the sons of Jehoi'ada, the son of Eli'ashib the high priest, was the son-in-law of Sanbal'lat the Hor'onite; therefore I chased him from me.

Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live in the open towns, hold the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day for gladness and feasting and holiday-making, and a day on which they send choice portions to one another.

Therefore they called these days Purim, after the term Pur. And therefore, because of all that was written in this letter, and of what they had faced in this matter, and of what had befallen them,

"Behold, happy is the man whom God reproves; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.

For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash.

"Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

It is all one; therefore I say, he destroys both the blameless and the wicked.

Since thou hast closed their minds to understanding, therefore thou wilt not let them triumph.

"Therefore my thoughts answer me, because of my haste within me.

There was nothing left after he had eaten; therefore his prosperity will not endure.

Therefore snares are round about you, and sudden terror overwhelms you;

Therefore you say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the deep darkness?

Therefore I am terrified at his presence; when I consider, I am in dread of him.

And Eli'hu the son of Bar'achel the Buzite answered: "I am young in years, and you are aged; therefore I was timid and afraid to declare my opinion to you.

Therefore I say, 'Listen to me; let me also declare my opinion.'

"Therefore, hear me, you men of understanding, far be it from God that he should do wickedness, and from the Almighty that he should do wrong.

Will he then make requital to suit you, because you reject it? For you must choose, and not I; therefore declare what you know.