¹⁶ Have no fear when wealth comes to a man, and the glory of his house is increased;

⁷ Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.

¹ Now it came to the ears of Jacob that Laban's sons were saying, Jacob has taken away all our father's property, and in this way he has got all this wealth.

¹ After these things, by the order of the king, Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, was lifted up and given a position of honour and a higher place than all the other captains who were with him.

² And all the king's servants who were in the king's house went down to the earth before Haman and gave him honour: for so the king had given orders. But Mordecai did not go down before him or give him honour.

³ Then the king's servants who were in the king's house said to Mordecai, Why do you go against the king's order?

⁴ Now when they had said this to him day after day and he gave no attention, they let Haman have news of it, to see if Mordecai's behaviour would be overlooked: for he had said to them that he was a Jew.

⁵ And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not go down before him and give him honour, Haman was full of wrath.

⁶ But it was not enough for him to make an attack on Mordecai only; for they had made clear to him who Mordecai's people were; so Haman made it his purpose to put an end to all the Jews, even Mordecai's people, through all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.

¹¹ And he gave them an account of the glories of his wealth, and the number of children he had, and the ways in which he had been honoured by the king, and how he had put him over the captains and servants of the king.

¹ <Of David.> Do not be angry because of the wrongdoers, or have envy of the workers of evil.

⁵ What cause have I for fear in the days of evil, when the evil-doing of those who are working for my downfall is round about me?

¹² When the upright do well, there is great glory; but when evil-doers are lifted up, men do not let themselves be seen.

²⁴ And the nations will go in its light: and the kings of the earth will take their glory into it.

²⁶ And the glory and honour of the nations will come into it: