11 Please, Lord, (A)may Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant and the prayer of Your servants who delight to [a]revere Your name, and please make Your servant successful today and grant him mercy before this man.”

Now I was the (B)cupbearer to the king.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 1:11 Or fear

11 Lord, let your ear be attentive(A) to the prayer of this your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Give your servant success today by granting him favor(B) in the presence of this man.”

I was cupbearer(C) to the king.

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46 He also made them (A)objects of compassion
In the presence of all their captors.

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46 He caused all who held them captive
    to show them mercy.(A)

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When a person’s ways are pleasing to the Lord,
He (A)causes even his enemies to make peace with him.

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When the Lord takes pleasure in anyone’s way,
    he causes their enemies to make peace(A) with them.(B)

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