How long, Lord, will the wicked,
    how long will the wicked be jubilant?(A)

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10 They called out in a loud voice, “How long,(A) Sovereign Lord,(B) holy and true,(C) until you judge the inhabitants of the earth(D) and avenge our blood?”(E)

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Jeremiah’s Complaint

12 You are always righteous,(A) Lord,
    when I bring a case(B) before you.
Yet I would speak with you about your justice:(C)
    Why does the way of the wicked prosper?(D)
    Why do all the faithless live at ease?
You have planted(E) them, and they have taken root;
    they grow and bear fruit.(F)
You are always on their lips
    but far from their hearts.(G)

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that the mirth of the wicked(A) is brief,
    the joy of the godless(B) lasts but a moment.(C)

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We are given no signs from God;(A)
    no prophets(B) are left,
    and none of us knows how long this will be.
10 How long(C) will the enemy mock(D) you, God?
    Will the foe revile(E) your name forever?

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They scoff, and speak with malice;(A)
    with arrogance(B) they threaten oppression.(C)

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You are God my stronghold.
    Why have you rejected(A) me?
Why must I go about mourning,(B)
    oppressed by the enemy?(C)

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22 They shouted, “This is the voice of a god, not of a man.” 23 Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel(A) of the Lord struck him down,(B) and he was eaten by worms and died.

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“‘Alas, sword(A) of the Lord,
    how long till you rest?
Return to your sheath;
    cease and be still.’(B)

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46 How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath burn like fire?(A)

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How long,(A) Lord God Almighty,
    will your anger smolder(B)
    against the prayers of your people?

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How long,(A) Lord? Will you be angry(B) forever?
    How long will your jealousy burn like fire?(C)

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10 So they impaled(A) Haman(B) on the pole(C) he had set up for Mordecai.(D) Then the king’s fury subsided.(E)

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Esther said, “An adversary and enemy! This vile Haman!”

Then Haman was terrified before the king and queen.

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When Haman entered, the king asked him, “What should be done for the man the king delights to honor?”

Now Haman thought to himself, “Who is there that the king would rather honor than me?” So he answered the king, “For the man the king delights to honor, have them bring a royal robe(A) the king has worn and a horse(B) the king has ridden, one with a royal crest placed on its head. Then let the robe and horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them robe the man the king delights to honor, and lead him on the horse through the city streets, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man the king delights to honor!(C)’”

10 “Go at once,” the king commanded Haman. “Get the robe and the horse and do just as you have suggested for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything you have recommended.”

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11 Haman boasted(A) to them about his vast wealth, his many sons,(B) and all the ways the king had honored him and how he had elevated him above the other nobles and officials. 12 “And that’s not all,” Haman added. “I’m the only person(C) Queen Esther invited to accompany the king to the banquet she gave. And she has invited me along with the king tomorrow.

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