Ezr 7:28 | HCSB | STEP | and who has shown favor to me before the king , his counselors , and all his powerful officers . So I took courage because I was strengthened by Yahweh my God , and I gathered Israelite leaders to return with me.

Ezra 7:28

28 and who has shown favor to me before the king, ^a his counselors, and all his powerful officers. So I took courage because I was strengthened by Yahweh my God, ^{▼▼Lit because the hand of the Lord my God was on me
,} ^c and I gathered Israelite leaders to return with me. ^d