Esther 4:17g
Thomson 1808
Grant me fluent speech in my mouth before the lion [the king of Persia, Artaxerxes], and turn his heart to hate him who fighteth against us, to the utter destruction of him and his followers. But deliver us by Thy hand, and help me, that am alone and have no other save Thee, O Lord. Thou knowest all things, and knowest that I hate the opinions of transgressors and abhor the bed of the uncircumcised and of every alien. Thou knowest my necessity; for I abhor the symbol of my high station, which is upon my head on days of public appearance, and I abhor it as a menstruous cloth, and wear it not on days when I am by myself.