Esther 8:1,3-5,12-14
Psalms 138:1-3,7-8
Matthew 7:7-12
Esther 8:1,3-5,12-14
(1) Queen Esther also, fearing the danger that was imminent, fled to the Lord. (3) And she begged the Lord God of Israel, saying, “My Lord, who alone is our King, help me, a solitary woman, for there is no other helper but you. (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. (12) Be mindful, Lord, and show yourself to us in the time of our tribulation, and give me faith, Lord, King of gods and of every power. (13) Grant fitting words to my mouth in the sight of the lion, and transform his heart to hate our enemy, so that both he, and the others who conspire with him, may perish. (14) But free us by your hand, and help me, who has no other helper but you, Lord, who holds the knowledge of all things.
Psalms 138:1-3,7-8
(1) I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I will sing praises to you. (2) I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth; for you have exalted your Name and your Word above all. (3) In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul. (7) Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me. (8) Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me; your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don’t forsake the works of your own hands.
Matthew 7:7-12
(7) “Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. (8) For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened. (9) Or who is there among you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? (10) Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent? (11) If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him! (12) Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
