Ezr 7:28 | ESV | STEP | and who extended to me his steadfast love before the king and his counselors , and before all the king’s mighty officers . I took courage , for the hand of the Lord my God was on me, and I gathered leading men from Israel to go up with me .

‏ Ezra 7:28

28 ^aand who extended to me his steadfast love before the king and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty officers. I took courage, for the hand of the Lord my God was on me, and I gathered leading men from Israel to go up with me.