Ezr 8:22 | NASB | e4.org | 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 those who seek Him, but His power and His anger are against all those who forsake 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, ^b“The hand of our God is ^{▼▼ Lit upon all...for good}favorably disposed to all those who seek Him, but ^dHis power and His anger are against all those who ^eforsake Him.”