But Lord, I pray to you. May this be the time you help me. God, answer me because you love me so much. Save me, as you always do.

但我在悦纳的时候，向你耶和华祈祷。神啊，求你按你丰盛的慈爱，凭你拯救的诚实应允我！

至于我，耶和华啊，在悦纳的时候我向你祈祷。上帝啊，求你按你丰盛的慈爱，凭你拯救的信实应允我！

至于我，耶和华啊，在悦纳的时候我向你祈祷。神啊，求你按你丰盛的慈爱，凭你拯救的信实应允我！

可是，耶和华啊，在你悦纳人的时候，我向你祷告。上帝啊，求你以你的大爱和信实拯救我。

但是，耶和华啊！在悦纳的时候，我向你祷告；神啊！求你按着你丰盛的慈爱，凭着你信实的拯救应允我。

可是我，耶和华啊，我向你祷告！神哪，在悦纳的时候，求你藉着你丰盛的慈爱，藉着你信实的救恩，回应我吧！

但我在悅納的時候向你－耶和華祈禱。神啊，求你按你豐盛的慈愛，憑你拯救的誠實應允我！

至於我，耶和華啊，在悅納的時候我向你祈禱。上帝啊，求你按你豐盛的慈愛，憑你拯救的信實應允我！

至於我，耶和華啊，在悅納的時候我向你祈禱。神啊，求你按你豐盛的慈愛，憑你拯救的信實應允我！

可是，耶和華啊，在你悅納人的時候，我向你禱告。上帝啊，求你以你的大愛和信實拯救我。

但是，耶和華啊！在悅納的時候，我向你禱告；神啊！求你按著你豐盛的慈愛，憑著你信實的拯救應允我。

但我呢、永恆主啊，我的祈禱是向你發的；上帝啊，在悅納的時候、求你憑你堅愛之豐盛來應我；憑你拯救之可靠

可是我，耶和華啊，我向你禱告！神哪，在悅納的時候，求你藉著你豐盛的慈愛，藉著你信實的救恩，回應我吧！

耶和華歟、於見納時、我祈禱爾、上帝歟、依爾慈惠之盛、拯救之誠、俞允我兮、

耶和華上帝兮、我祈於爾、望爾恩澤、矜憫無涯、垂聽余而援手、踐爾前言兮、

主歟、我在悅納之時、向主祈禱、求天主按主之鴻恩、以主施救之誠實、應允我、拯救我、

閒人坐於城門而以予為談資兮。酒徒亦將予編入醉後之歌詞。

But I pray to you, Lord, in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation.

But as for me, my prayer is to you, O Lord. At an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.

But I keep praying to you, Lord, hoping this time you will show me favor. In your unfailing love, O God, answer my prayer with your sure salvation.

But as for me, LORD, my prayer to you is for a time of favor. In your abundant, faithful love, God, answer me with your sure salvation.

But as for me, my prayer is to You, Lord, at an acceptable time; God, in the greatness of Your mercy, Answer me with Your saving truth.

But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord, in the acceptable time; O God, in the multitude of Your mercy, Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.

But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness, Answer me in the truth of thy salvation.

But as for me, Lord, my prayer to You is for a time of favor. In Your abundant, faithful love, God, answer me with Your sure salvation.

But as for me, my prayer[ is] unto thee, O LORD,[ in] an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

O LORD, may you hear my prayer and be favorably disposed to me! O God, because of your great loyal love, answer me with your faithful deliverance!

But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.

The Lord says to his servant,“ When it is time to have mercy on you, I will answer your prayers. When it is time to save you, I will help you. I will keep you safe. You will put into effect my covenant with the people of Israel. Then their land will be made like new again. Each tribe will be sent back to its territory that was left empty.

He says,“ When I had mercy on you, I heard you. On the day I saved you, I helped you.”( Isaiah 49:8) I tell you, now is the time God has mercy. Now is the day he saves.

But I call out to God. And the Lord saves me.Evening, morning and noon I groan and cry out. And he hears my voice.

He saw Queen Esther standing in the courtyard. He was pleased with her. So he reached out toward her the gold scepter that was in his hand. Then Esther approached him. She touched the tip of the scepter.

Because he was very sad and troubled, he prayed even harder. His sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.

As they were drinking wine, the king asked Esther the same question again. He said,“ What do you want? I’ll give it to you. What do you want me to do for you? I’ll even give you up to half of my kingdom.”

He said,“ I praise the Lord, the God of my master Abraham. The Lord hasn’t stopped being kind and faithful to my master. The Lord has led me on this journey. He has brought me to the house of my master’s relatives.”

“ We are telling you the good news. What God promised our people long agohe has done for us, their children. He has raised up Jesus. This is what is written in the second Psalm. It says,“‘ You are my son. Today I have become your father.’( Psalm 2:7)

After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed. He said,“ Father, the time has come. Bring glory to your Son. Then your Son will bring glory to you.You gave him authority over all people. He gives eternal life to all those you have given him.And what is eternal life? It is knowing you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.I have brought you glory on earth. I have finished the work you gave me to do.So now, Father, give glory to me in heaven where your throne is. Give me the glory I had with you before the world began.“ I have shown you to the disciples you gave me out of the world. They were yours. You gave them to me. And they have obeyed your word.Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you.I gave them the words you gave me. And they accepted them. They knew for certain that I came from you. They believed that you sent me.I pray for them. I am not praying for the world. I am praying for those you have given me, because they are yours.All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. Glory has come to me because of my disciples.I will not remain in the world any longer. But they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe by the power of your name. It is the name you gave me. Keep them safe so they can be one, just as you and I are one.While I was with them, I guarded them. I kept them safe through the name you gave me. None of them has been lost, except the one who was headed for ruin. It happened so that Scripture would come true.“ I am coming to you now. But I say these things while I am still in the world. I say them so that those you gave me can have the same joy that I have.I have given them your word. The world has hated them. That’s because they are not part of the world any more than I am.I do not pray that you will take them out of the world. I pray that you will keep them safe from the evil one.They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to it.Use the truth to make them holy. Your word is truth.You sent me into the world. In the same way, I have sent them into the world.I make myself holy for them so that they too can be made holy by the truth.“ I do not pray only for them. I pray also for everyone who will believe in me because of their message.Father, I pray they will be one, just as you are in me and I am in you. I want them also to be in us. Then the world will believe that you have sent me.I have given them the glory you gave me. I did this so they would be one, just as we are one.I will be in them, just as you are in me. This is so that they may be brought together perfectly as one. Then the world will know that you sent me. It will also show the world that you have loved those you gave me, just as you have loved me.“ Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am. I want them to see my glory, the glory you have given me. You gave it to me because you loved me before the world was created.“ Father, you are holy. The world does not know you, but I know you. Those you have given me know you have sent me.I have shown you to them. And I will continue to show you to them. Then the love you have for me will be in them. I myself will be in them.”

Turn to the Lord before it’s too late. Call out to him while he’s still ready to help you.

I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews. He teaches us that God is true. He shows us that God will keep the promises he made to the founders of our nation.Jesus became a servant of the Jews. He did this so that the Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercy. It is written,“ I will praise you among the Gentiles. I will sing the praises of your name.”( 2 Samuel 22:50; Psalm 18:49)

Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane. He said to them,“ Sit here while I go over there and pray.”He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him. He began to be sad and troubled.Then he said to them,“ My soul is very sad. I feel close to death. Stay here. Keep watch with me.”He went a little farther. Then he fell with his face to the ground. He prayed,“ My Father, if it is possible, take this cup of suffering away from me. But let what you want be done, not what I want.”Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping.“ Couldn’t you men keep watch with me for one hour?” he asked Peter.“ Watch and pray. Then you won’t fall into sin when you are tempted. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”Jesus went away a second time. He prayed,“ My Father, is it possible for this cup to be taken away? But if I must drink it, may what you want be done.”Then he came back. Again he found them sleeping. They couldn’t keep their eyes open.So he left them and went away once more. For the third time he prayed the same thing.Then he returned to the disciples. He said to them,“ Are you still sleeping and resting? Look! The hour has come. The Son of Man is about to be handed over to sinners.Get up! Let us go! Here comes the one who is handing me over to them!”

You will be faithful to Jacob’s people. You will show your love to Abraham’s children. You will do what you promised to do for our people. You made that promise long ago.

People shouted at him and made fun of him. But he didn’t do the same thing back to them. When he suffered, he didn’t say he would make them suffer. Instead, he trusted in the God who judges fairly.

Ask your own servants. They’ll tell you. We’ve come to you now at a happy time of the year. Please be kind to my men. Please give me and my men anything you can find for us.’ ”

Jesus prayed while he lived on earth. He made his appeal with sincere cries and tears. He prayed to the God who could save him from death. God answered Jesus because he truly honored God.

Let everyone who is faithful pray to you while they can still look to you. When troubles come like a flood, they certainly won’t reach those who are faithful.

God, have mercy on me according to your faithful love. Because your love is so tender and kind, wipe out my lawless acts.

They were drinking wine on the second day. The king again asked,“ What do you want, Queen Esther? I’ll give it to you. What do you want me to do for you? I’ll even give you up to half of my kingdom.”

He will call out to me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in times of trouble. I will save him and honor him.

He has shown his faithful love to the people of Israel. People from one end of the earth to the other have seen that our God has saved us.

He has been kind to our people of long ago. He has remembered his holy covenant.

I haven’t kept to myself that what you did for me was right. I have spoken about how faithful you were when you saved me. I haven’t hidden your love and your faithfulness from the whole community.Lord, don’t hold back your mercy from me. May your love and faithfulness always keep me safe.