Esther 14:6 CPDV

⁴  My peril is close at hand.

⁵  I have heard from my father that you, Lord, chose Israel from among all nations and our fathers from among all their former ancestors, to possess them as an everlasting inheritance, and you have done for them just as you said.

⁶  We have sinned in your sight, and therefore you have delivered us into the hands of our enemies,

⁷  for we have worshipped their gods. You are just, O Lord.

⁸  And now they are not content to oppress us with a very difficult servitude, but attributing the strength of their hands to the power of their idols,