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.

Esther responded, “My request and my petition is this:

Then Satan answered the Lord, “Is it for nothing that Job fears God?

He will deliver you from six calamities; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.

He is a well-watered plant in the sun, its shoots spread over its garden.

If I am guilty, why then weary myself in vain?

If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands clean with lye,

Does not the ear test words, as the tongue tastes food?

Would not his splendor terrify you and the fear he inspires fall on you?

Does he argue with useless talk, with words that have no value in them?

But you even break off piety, and hinder meditation before God.

If I ate my morsel of bread myself, and did not share any of it with orphans –

Then he gives a revelation to people, and terrifies them with warnings,

“Listen to my words, you wise men; hear me, you learned men.

Gaze at the heavens and see; consider the clouds, which are higher than you!

And he reveals this for correction, and says that they must turn from evil.

The likes of it is not on earth, a creature without fear.

Many say about me, “God will not deliver him.” (Selah)

His victims are crushed and beaten down; they are trapped in his sturdy nets.

I will sing praises to the Lord when he vindicates me.