¹¹ Lord, ·listen carefully [^Lmay your ear be attentive] to the prayer of your servant and the prayers of your servants who ·love to honor you [take pleasure in revering/^Lfearing your name]. ·Give [Grant] me, your servant, success today; allow this king to show ·kindness [compassion] to me.”

I was the ·one who served wine to the king [king’s cupbearer].

⁴ Then the king said to me, “What do you ·want [seek; request]?”

·First [Then; So] I prayed to the God of heaven.

⁹ Our enemies were trying to ·scare [intimidate; terrorize] us, thinking, “They will get too ·weak [discouraged; ^Ltheir hands will grow slack] to work. Then the wall will not be finished.”

·But I prayed [So now], “God, ·make me strong [^Lstrengthen my hands].”