¹⁵ “Now as to why I’ve come to speak with your majesty the king, it’s because the people have made me afraid, so your humble servant told herself,^[a] ‘I’ll go speak to the king, so perhaps the king will do what his humble servant has requested. ¹⁶ Perhaps the king will listen and deliver his humble servant from the oppression^[b] of the man who intends to eliminate both me and my son from what God has apportioned to us!’^[c]

¹⁷ “So your humble servant is saying, ‘Please, your majesty, let what the king has to say be of comfort, because just as the angel of God is, so also is your majesty the king to discern both good and evil. And may the Lord your God remain present with you.’”