And did he not talk with God
Upon the Mount of Sinai, when smoke
Enveloped all the peak, and even priests
Were not allowed upon that holy ground?
Was I more lowly than was Amram's child?
Zeresh
Yet God exalted him until the throne
Of Egypt was within his grasp.
Mordecai
Though I,
Like Jesse's son, was once a shepherd's lad,
To-day I rule ten million souls.
Now Moses was a vessel of the Lord
When Death passed over every Hebrew home,
But slew the firstborn where no blood was found.
Was this revenge? Not Moses' hand, but God's
Was red.
Zeresh
The servant must obey his Lord.
Mordecai
I did not plot the Persians' death. The plan
Of God was in it all.
Zeresh