Nehemiah 2:2-4

Revised Geneva Translation

² And the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? This is nothing but sorrow of heart.” Then I was very afraid.

³ And I said to the king, “God save the king forever! Why should my face not be sad, when the city and house of the sepulchers of my fathers lies waste; and its gates are devoured with fire?”

⁴ And the king said to me, “What thing do you request?” Then I prayed to the God of Heaven,