Additions to Esther 13:15-18
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15 And now, O Lord God and King, spare thy people: for their eyes are upon us to bring us to nought; yea, they desire to destroy the inheritance, that hath been thine from the beginning.
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16 Despise not the portion, which thou hast delivered out of Egypt for thine own self.
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17 Hear my prayer, and be merciful unto thine inheritance: turn our sorrow into joy, that we may live, O Lord, and praise thy name: and destroy not the mouths of them that praise thee, O Lord.
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18 All Israel in like manner cried most earnestly unto the Lord, because their death was before their eyes.