For we are bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended lovingkindness unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the ruins thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
For we ben seruauntis, and oure God forsoke vs not in oure seruage; and he bowide merci on vs bifor þe king of Persis, þat he schulde yyue lijf to vs, and enhaunse þe hows of oure God, and þat he schulde bilde þe wildernessis þerof, and yyue to vs hope in Juda and in Jerusalem.