Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:

Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:

Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.

Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.

Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.

Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.

Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.