מֶלֶך

But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,

And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,

But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?

For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;

He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.

Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.

I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?

He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.

He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.

The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.

Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.