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But when the matter was brought before the king, he commanded by letter that the evil plan Haman had devised against the Jews return on his own head and that he should be hanged with his sons on the gallows.

But stretch out your hand and strike everything he owns, and he will surely curse you to your face.”

But stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face.”

Then they sat on the ground with him seven days and nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw that his suffering was very intense.

May its morning stars grow dark.May it wait for daylight but have none;may it not see the breaking of dawn.

who wait for death, but it does not come,and search for it more than for hidden treasure,

But now that this has happened to you,you have become exhausted.It strikes you, and you are dismayed.

The lion may roar and the fierce lion growl,but the teeth of young lions are broken.

A figure stood there,but I could not recognize its appearance;a form loomed before my eyes.I heard a whispering voice:

I have seen a fool taking root,but I immediately pronounced a curse on his home.

But humans are born for troubleas surely as sparks fly upward.

For he wounds but he also bandages;he strikes, but his hands also heal.

How painful honest words can be!But what does your rebuke prove?

But now, please look at me;I will not lie to your face.

When I lie down I think,“When will I get up?”But the evening drags on endlessly,and I toss and turn until dawn.

Remember that my life is but a breath.My eye will never again see anything good.

The eye of anyone who looks on mewill no longer see me.Your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.

Why not forgive my sinand pardon my iniquity?For soon I will lie down in the grave.You will eagerly seek me, but I will be gone.

But if you earnestly seek Godand ask the Almighty for mercy,

since we were born only yesterday and know nothing.Our days on earth are but a shadow.