Nehemiah 2:2-4

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

² And the king said to me: Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou dost not appear to be sick? this is not without cause, but some evil, I know not what, is in thy heart. And I was seized with an exceeding great fear:

³ And I said to the king: O king, live for ever: why should not my countenance be sorrowful, seeing the city of the place of the sepulchres of my fathers is desolate, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire?

⁴ Then the king said to me: For what dost thou make request? And I prayed to the God of heaven,