² In the multiplying of the righteous the people rejoice, And in the ruling of the wicked the people sigh.

¹² In the exulting of the righteous the glory `is' abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive.

¹⁵ And Mordecai went out from before the king, in royal clothing of blue and white, and a great crown of gold, and a garment of fine linen and purple, and the city of Shushan hath rejoiced and been glad;

¹⁰ In the good of the righteous a city exulteth, And in the destruction of the wicked `is' singing.

²⁸ In the rising of the wicked a man is hidden, And in their destruction the righteous multiply!

¹⁵ The runners have gone forth, hastened by the word of the king, and the law hath been given in Shushan the palace, and the king and Haman have sat down to drink, and the city Shushan is perplexed.

¹⁵ And the seventh messenger did sound, and there came great voices in the heaven, saying, `The kingdoms of the world did become `those' of our Lord and of His Christ, and he shall reign to the ages of the ages!'

¹⁶ Then Herod, having seen that he was deceived by the mages, was very wroth, and having sent forth, he slew all the male children in Beth-Lehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time that he inquired exactly from the mages.

³ And Herod the king having heard, was stirred, and all Jerusalem with him,

⁵ Lo, days are coming -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have raised to David a righteous shoot, And a king hath reigned and acted wisely, And done judgment and righteousness in the earth.

⁶ In his days is Judah saved, and Israel dwelleth confidently, And this his name that Jehovah proclaimeth him, `Our Righteousness.'

¹ Lo, for righteousness doth a king reign, As to princes, for judgment they rule.

² And each hath been as a hiding-place `from' wind, And as a secret hiding-place `from' inundation, As rivulets of waters in a dry place, As a shadow of a heavy rock in a weary land.

⁵ There is an evil I have seen under the sun, As an error that goeth out from the ruler,

¹ By Solomon. O God, Thy judgments to the king give, And Thy righteousness to the king's son.

² He judgeth Thy people with righteousness, And Thy poor with judgment.

³ The mountains bear peace to the people, And the heights by righteousness.

⁴ He judgeth the poor of the people, Giveth deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruiseth the oppressor.

⁵ They fear Thee with the sun, and before the moon, Generation -- generations.

⁶ He cometh down as rain on mown grass, As showers -- sprinkling the earth.

⁷ Flourish in his days doth the righteous, And abundance of peace till the moon is not.