But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they could not cause them to stop until the matter came to Darius. And then they sent back a letter concerning this.
For the eyes of Jehovah go to and fro in all the earth in order to be strong for those with their heart perfect toward Him. You have acted foolishly in this. so from now on there shall be wars with you.
And He has extended mercy to me before the king and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty leaders. And I was made strong, as the hand of Jehovah my God was on me. And I gathered out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
this Ezra went up from Babylon. And he was a skilled scribe in the Law of Moses, which Jehovah the God of Israel had given. And the king granted him all he asked, according to the hand of Jehovah his God on him.
For I was ashamed to ask of the king troops and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is on all those who seek Him for good; but His power and His wrath are against all those who forsake Him.
because the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous ones, and His ears open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is on all doing evil things.” LXX-Psa. 33:13-17; MT-Psa. 34:12-16