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Day after day they spoke to him but he refused to comply. Therefore they told Haman about it to see whether Mordecai's behavior would be tolerated, for he had told them he was a Jew.

(Therefore these days were called Purim, from the word pur.) Because of everything written in this letter and because of what they had seen and what had happened to them,

"Therefore I will not keep silent; I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

"I loathe my very life; therefore I will give free rein to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.

You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph.

"Therefore I say: Listen to me; I too will tell you what I know.

Therefore, people revere him, for does he not have regard for all the wise in heart?"

Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes."

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth.

Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure,

Therefore I will praise you, Lord , among the nations; I will sing the praises of your name.

Good and upright is the Lord ; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.

Therefore let all the faithful pray to you while you may be found; surely the rising of the mighty waters will not reach them.

My soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon—from Mount Mizar.

You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.

I will perpetuate your memory through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you for ever and ever.

Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,

Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence.

Therefore their people turn to them and drink up waters in abundance.