Nehemiah 2:2-4

International Standard Version

² The king asked me, “Why do you look so troubled, since you’re not ill? This cannot be anything else but troubles of the heart.”

Then I was filled with fear. ³ I replied to the king, “May the king live forever. Why shouldn’t I be troubled, since the city where my ancestral sepulchers are located lies waste, with its gates burned by fire?”

⁴ The king answered, “What do you want?”

So I prayed to the God of heaven