Ezra 9:9

9 ^xFor we are slaves. Yet our God has not forsaken us in our slavery, ^ybut has extended to us his steadfast love before the kings of Persia, to grant us some reviving to set up the house of our God, to repair its ruins, and to give us protection¹ in Judea and Jerusalem.

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Ezra 7:28
and who extended to me his steadfast love before the king and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty officers. I took courage, for the hand of the LORD my God was on me, and I gathered leading men from Israel to go up with me.

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