Mordecai’s prayer
8 Recalling all that the lord had done, he prayed to him and said:
9 lord,King and Master of all,everything is under your power; no one can withstand you in your will to save lsrael.
10 You made heaven and earth and all the marvels under heaven.
12 You are the lord of all,no one can resist you,lord.
13 You know all things, O lord; you know that no insolence, no vainglory or arrogance prompted me to act thus, to refuse to bow down before the proud Haman. Readily would I have kissed his feet for lsrael’s safety.
14 But what I did, I did so as not to place man’s glory above the glory of God. I will not bow down to anyone except to you, O lord. My refusal has not been out of pride.
15 And now,lord God, King,God of Abraham,deliver your people!Our enemies plot our ruin; they are bent upon destroying the inheritance that was yours from the beginning.
16 Do not forsake your own inheritance which you redeemed out of Egypt for yourself.
17 Hear my supplication,have mercy on your inheritance. Turn our mourning into rejoicing, that we may live to sing praise to your name, O lord. Do not silence the mouths of those who give you praise.
18 And lsrael cried out with all their might, for they were faced with death.