Ezr 8:22 | NASB2020 | STEP | For I was ashamed to request from the king troops and horsemen to protect us from the enemy on the way , because we had said to the king , “ The hand of our God is favorably disposed to all who seek Him, but His power and His anger are against all those who abandon Him.”

Ezra 8:22

22 For I was ashamed to request from the king troops and horsemen to ^{▼▼Lit help}protect us from the enemy on the way, because we had said to the king, “ ^bThe hand of our God is ^{▼▼Lit upon all...for good}favorably disposed to all who seek Him, but ^dHis power and His anger are against all those who ^eabandon Him.”