¹⁷ Lo, Jehovah is casting thee up and down, A casting up and down, O mighty one,

⁸ And the king hath turned back out of the garden of the house unto the house of the banquet of wine, and Haman is falling on the couch on which Esther `is', and the king saith, `Also to subdue the queen with me in the house?' the word hath gone out from the mouth of the king, and the face of Haman they have covered.

²⁴ Earth hath been given Into the hand of the wicked one. The face of its judges he covereth, If not -- where, who `is' he?

³ And their honourable ones have sent their little ones to the water, They have come unto ditches, They have not found water, They have turned back -- their vessels empty! They have been ashamed, And have blushed and covered their head.