I will be merciful to you by making him kind, so he will let you stay here in your land.’
O Lord, please hear my prayer! Listen to the prayers of those of us who delight in honoring you. Please grant me success today by making the king favorable to me. Put it into his heart to be kind to me.” In those days I was the king’s cup-bearer.
When people’s lives please the Lord, even their enemies are at peace with them.