Queen Esther’s Prayer
Here is the first part of Esther’s prayer to God:
Prayer of Queen Esther
“My Lord, who alone is our King, help me, a solitary woman, for there is no other helper but you.
My peril is close at hand.
I have heard from my father that you, Lord, chose Israel from among all nations and our fathers from among all their former ancestors, to possess them as an everlasting inheritance, and you have done for them just as you said.
We have sinned in your sight, and therefore you have delivered us into the hands of our enemies, for we have worshipped their gods. You are just, O Lord.
And now they are not content to oppress us with a very difficult servitude, but attributing the strength of their hands to the power of their idols, they want to alter your promises, and erase your inheritance, and close the mouths of those who praise you, and extinguish the glory of your temple and your altar, so that they may open the mouths of the nations, and praise the strength of idols, and proclaim a worldly king in perpetuity.
Lord, do not hand over your scepter to that which does not exist, lest they laugh at our ruin, but turn their counsel upon themselves and destroy him who has begun to rage against us.
Be mindful, Lord, and show yourself to us in the time of our tribulation, and give me faith, Lord, King of gods and of every power.
Grant fitting words to my mouth in the sight of the lion, and transform his heart to hate our enemy, so that both he, and the others who conspire with him, may perish.
But free us by your hand, and help me, who has no other helper but you, Lord, who holds the knowledge of all things.”
In the Bible passage from Esther can be found in the book of Esther 14: 3b-14 (RSV). In her prayer, Esther shows us how to pray with confidence and trust in God. May we follow her example and pray with confidence and trust in God as well in all we ask of Him.
Learn more about the Prayer Points of Esther and the prayer formula she uses as she beseeches God in this passage.
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