Esther 13:18 CPDV

¹⁶  Do not despise your portion, which you have redeemed for yourself out of Egypt.

¹⁷  Listen to my supplication, and be gracious to your lot and your token, and change our sorrow into gladness, so that, in living, we may praise your name, Lord; and do not close the mouths of those who sing to you.'

¹⁸  Likewise, all Israel cried out to the Lord with the same intention and supplication because certain death was hanging over them.