Talmai — Addition C 21: Final plea: hear the despairing, deliver us from the wicked.
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Canonical: https://talmai.wrootpress.com/unit/esth-plus-04.17-21/
Source edition: H. B. Swete, The Old Testament in Greek, 19.4.1a-30a

GREEK: ὁ θεὸς ὁ ἰσχύων ἐπὶ πάντας, εἰσάκουσον φωνὴν ἀπηλπισμένων καὶ ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἐκ χειρὸς τῶν πονηρευομένων, καὶ ῥῦσαί με ἐκ τοῦ φόβου μου.
ENGLISH (draft-awaiting-approval): O God, whose strength is over all, hear the voice of the despairing, and deliver us from the hand of the wicked, and deliver me from my fear.

PARALLELS:
- [Flagged] Esther Rabbah 8:7 (Esther Rabbah) — conduit: medieval retranslation. 'והצילה את צאן מרעיתך מן האויבים האלו אשר קמו עלינו' is the closing deliverance plea of the same non-MT prayer scene that supplies Addition C's closing petition to be delivered from the wicked.
- [Motif] Rashi on Megillah 15b:8:1 (Rashi on Bavli Megillah 9a-17a) — conduit: oral. 'Deliver my soul from the sword,' from the same psalm, is Addition C's closing petition to be delivered from the hand of the wicked.
- [Flagged] Aramaic Targum to Esther 5:1 (Aramaic Targum to Esther (Targum Rishon)) — conduit: Aramaic. The same prayer's close, 'spare your people... do not deliver the sons of Jacob into the hand of Haman,' matches the plus's final plea to deliver the people from the hand of the wicked -- same petition tied to the same crisis and named antagonist.
- [Flagged] Targum Sheni on Esther 5:1:3 (Targum Sheni on Esther) — conduit: Aramaic. The closing petition -- hear our voice, bring us from distress to relief, break Haman, let there be no rising from his fall -- is the specific counterpart to Addition C's final plea to hear the despairing and deliver from the wicked.
- [Flagged] Aramaic Targum to Esther 7:3 (Aramaic Targum to Esther (Targum Rishon)) — conduit: Aramaic. The doubled petition -- deliver my life, and the redemption of my people -- matches the structure of the plus's closing plea for both 'us' and 'me.'
- [Flagged] Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 1057:2 (Yalkut Shimoni on Esther (Remez 1046-1061)) — conduit: lost intermediary. The doomed children's weeping 'נשמעה בכיתן במרום' immediately precedes God tearing up the decree, matching the plus's 'hear the voice of the despairing, and deliver us from the hand of the wicked'; not MT material.
- [Motif] Megillah 15b:8 (Bavli Megillah 9a-17a) — conduit: oral. Esther's plea to be delivered 'from the power of the dog... from the lion's mouth' matches the plus's closing petition to be delivered 'from the hand of the wicked... from my fear.'