He gives me the agility of a deer; he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain.

I choose the path of faithfulness; I am committed to your regulations.

“To whom can you compare me? Whom do I resemble?” says the Holy One.

To whom can you compare and liken me? Tell me whom you think I resemble, so we can be compared!

I constantly trust in the Lord; because he is at my right hand, I will not be upended.

He gives me the agility of a deer; he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain.

Your deliverance brings him great honor; you give him majestic splendor.

She is more precious than rubies, and none of the things you desire can compare with her.

A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike.

That person sings to others, saying: ‘I have sinned and falsified what is right, but I was not punished according to what I deserved.

Indeed I am composed and quiet, like a young child carried by its mother; I am content like the young child I carry.

For wisdom is better than rubies, and desirable things cannot be compared to her.

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him.

I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life.

Yet all of this fails to satisfy me so long as I have to see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”

For we have been sold – both I and my people – to destruction and to slaughter and to annihilation! If we had simply been sold as male and female slaves, I would have remained silent, for such distress would not have been sufficient for troubling the king.”

Then you spoke through a vision to your faithful followers and said: “I have energized a warrior; I have raised up a young man from the people.

Once he has leveled its surface, does he not scatter the seed of the caraway plant, sow the seed of the cumin plant, and plant the wheat, barley, and grain in their designated places?

Israel was a fertile vine that yielded fruit. As his fruit multiplied, he multiplied altars to Baal. As his land prospered, they adorned the fertility pillars.

Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a particular people that is dispersed and spread among the inhabitants throughout all the provinces of your kingdom whose laws differ from those of all other peoples. Furthermore, they do not observe the king’s laws. It is not appropriate for the king to provide a haven for them.