ThereforeKingDariussignedthe document,that is, the injunction.
"Ifit pleasesthe king,let a royaledictbe issuedby him and let it be writtenin the lawsof Persiaand Mediaso that it cannotbe repealed,that Vashtimay nolonger comeinto the presenceof KingAhasuerus,and let the kinggiveher royalpositionto anotherwho is moreworthythanshe.
It is betterto takerefugein the LORDThanto trustin princes.
Do not trustin princes,In mortalman,in whomthereis nosalvation.
[If] you have been snaredwith the wordsof your mouth,Have been caughtwith the wordsof your mouth,
Stopregardingman,whosebreath[of life] is in his nostrils;For whyshould he be esteemed?
