11 O Jehovah, please, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who take delight in fearing your name, and please, grant success to your servant today, and may this man show me compassion.”+

Now I was cupbearer to the king.+

14 Moreover, from the day that he commissioned me to become their governor+ in the land of Judah, from the 20th year+ to the 32nd year+ of King Ar·ta·xerxʹes,+ 12 years, neither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance due the governor.+

10 Those who attested it by putting their seal to it+ were: