request

And the king said againe vnto Esther, on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, Queene Esther, and it shalbe granted thee? and what is thy request? and it shall bee performed, euen to the halfe of the kingdome.

Then Esther the Queene answered, and said; If I haue found fauour in thy sight, O King, and if it please the King, let my life be giuen me at my petition, and my people at my request.

¶ And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath, went into the palace garden: and Haman stood vp to make request for his life to Esther the Queene: for he saw that there was euill determined against him by the King.

¶ And the king said vnto Esther the Queene; The Iewes haue slaine and destroied fiue hundred men in Shushan the palace, & the ten sonnes of Haman; what haue they done in the rest of the kings prouinces? now what is thy petition? and it shalbe granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

O that I might haue my request! and that God would graunt mee the thing that I long for!

1611 marginal noteHebr. my expectation.

Thou hast giuen him his hearts desire; and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.

And he gaue them their request: but sent leannesse into their soule.

1611 marginal noteNum.11.31.

Making request, (if by any meanes now at length I might haue a prosperous iourney by the will of God) to come vnto you.

Alwayes in euery prayer of mine for you all making request, with ioy