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So Haman came in and the king said to him, "What is to be done for the man whom the king desires to honor?" And Haman said to himself, "Whom would the king desire to honor more than me?"

Then the king said to Haman, "Take quickly the robes and the horse as you have said, and do so for Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king's gate; do not fall short in anything of all that you have said."

So Haman took the robe and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and led him on horseback through the city square, and proclaimed before him, "Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king desires to honor."

So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the king's anger subsided.

The king extended the golden scepter to Esther. So Esther arose and stood before the king.

So King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, "Behold, I have given the house of Haman to Esther, and him they have hanged on the gallows because he had stretched out his hands against the Jews.

So the king's scribes were called at that time in the third month (that is, the month Sivan), on the twenty-third day; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, the satraps, the governors and the princes of the provinces which extended from India to Ethiopia, 127 provinces, to every province according to its script, and to every people according to their language as well as to the Jews according to their script and their language.

A copy of the edict to be issued as law in each and every province was published to all the peoples, so that the Jews would be ready for this day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

Now in the twelfth month (that is, the month Adar), on the thirteenth day when the king's command and edict were about to be executed, on the day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, it was turned to the contrary so that the Jews themselves gained the mastery over those who hated them.

So the king commanded that it should be done so; and an edict was issued in Susa, and Haman's ten sons were hanged.

the Jews established and made a custom for themselves and for their descendants and for all those who allied themselves with them, so that they would not fail to celebrate these two days according to their regulation and according to their appointed time annually.

So these days were to be remembered and celebrated throughout every generation, every family, every province and every city; and these days of Purim were not to fail from among the Jews, or their memory fade from their descendants.

Then the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power, only do not put forth your hand on him." So Satan departed from the presence of the LORD.

So the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your power, only spare his life."

So that He sets on high those who are lowly, And those who mourn are lifted to safety.

"He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd, So that their hands cannot attain success.

"So the helpless has hope, And unrighteousness must shut its mouth.

"Behold, how happy is the man whom God reproves, So do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

"Behold this; we have investigated it, and so it is. Hear it, and know for yourself."

"For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend; So that he does not forsake the fear of the Almighty.