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Wherein the King graunted the Iewes (in what cities so euer they were) to gather theselues together, and to stand for their life, & to roote out, to slay & to destroy al the power of the people & of the prouince that vexed them, both children and women, and to spoyle their goods:

So the postes rode vpon beasts of price, and dromedaries, & went forth with speede, to execute the Kings commaundement, and the decree was giuen at Shushan the palace.

So in the twelft moneth, which is the moneth Adar, vpon the thirteenth daye of the same, when the Kings commandement and his decree drew neere to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Iewes hoped to haue power ouer them (but it turned contrary: for the Iewes had rule ouer them that hated them)

And the King charged to doe so, and the decree was giuen at Shushan, and they hanged Hamans ten sonnes.

So the Iewes that were in Shushan, assembled themselues vpon the fourteenth day of the moneth Adar, & slew three hundreth men in Shushan, but on the spoyle they layd not their hand.

His substance also was seuen thousande sheepe, and three thousand camels, and fiue hundreth yoke of oxen, and fiue hundreth shee asses, and his family was very great, so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the East.

Then the Lorde sayde vnto Satan, Lo, all that he hath is in thine hand: onely vpon himselfe shalt thou not stretch out thine hand. So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord.

So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord, and smote Iob with sore boyles, from the sole of his foote vnto his crowne.

So when they lift vp their eyes a farre off, they knewe him not: therefore they lift vp their voyces and wept, and euery one of them rent his garment, and sprinkled dust vpon their heads toward the heauen.

So they sate by him vpon the ground seuen dayes, and seuen nights, and none spake a worde vnto him: for they sawe, that the griefe was very great.

For so shoulde I now haue lyen and bene quiet, I should haue slept then, and bene at rest,

He scattereth the deuices of the craftie: so that their handes can not accomplish that which they doe enterprise.

So that the poore hath his hope, but iniquitie shall stop her mouth.

Lo, thus haue we inquired of it, and so it is: heare this and knowe it for thy selfe.

Is it not so, that there is in me no helpe? and that strength is taken from me?

So haue I had as an inheritance the moneths of vanitie, and painefull nights haue bene appointed vnto me.

As the cloude vanisheth and goeth away, so he that goeth downe to the graue, shall come vp no more.

I haue sinned, what shal I do vnto thee? O thou preseruer of me, why hast thou set me as a marke against thee, so that I am a burden vnto my selfe?

So are the paths of al that forget God, and the hypocrites hope shall perish.

I knowe verily that it is so: for howe should man compared vnto God, be iustified?