Esther 8:5

5. And said We do well to present Esther’s address here, as at Esther 7:3, in poetical form:

If to the king it seem good,

And if I have found favour before him,

And the thing seem right before the king,

And I be good in his eyes,

Let it be written to return the letters,

The device of Haman, the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite,

Which he wrote to destroy the Jews,

Who are in all the provinces of the king.

For how can I see the evil that will find my people?

And how can I see the destruction of my kindred?

Perhaps Esther was not sufficiently acquainted with Persian law to know that no royal decree could be reversed.