My dove, in the clefts of the rock
in the secrecy of the steep place
let Me see your form
Let Me hear your voice
for your voice is sweet
and your form is a beautiful one
Take for us the foxes
the little foxes spoiling the vineyards
even our vineyards with blossoms
My Beloved is to me
and I am to Him
He feeds among the lilies
Until when does the day blow
and the shadows flee away?
Turn, my Beloved and be like a gazelle
or a young deer, the stag
on the cleft mountains
And the king and Haman came to the banquet of Queen Esther
And the king said again to Esther on the second day of the banquet of wine
What is your petition, Queen Esther, and it shall be given to you
And what is your request? It shall be done, to the half of the kingdom
And Esther the queen answered and said
If I have found favor in your eyes, O king
and it is good to the king
let my life be given me at my petition
and my people at my request
For we are sold, my people and I, for destruction
for murder and for perishing
But if we had been sold for male slaves and slave-girls
I would have kept silent
though the adversary could not equal the king’s loss.
And King Ahasuerus answered and said to Esther the queen
Who is he, this one?
And where is this one, he who is filled with pride in his heart to do so?
And Esther said, A man, an adversary, and a hating one Haman! This evil one!
And Haman was afraid before the king and the queen
Therefore, you should pray
Our Father, the One in Heaven, Hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come; Your will be done, as it is in Heaven, also on the earth
Give us today our daily bread
and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors.
And do not lead us into temptation
but deliver us from the evil
for Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory
to the ages. Amen
King Ahasuerus, Queen Esther,
and Hating Haman and His Friends and Family
by Mordecai Today
Song of Solomon 2:14-17; Esther 7:1-6; Matthew 6:9-13 (KJ3)