Psalm 79:11
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11 Let the groans of the prisoners come before you;
according to your great power, preserve those doomed to die.(A)
Psalm 102:20
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20 to hear the groans of the prisoners,
to set free those who were doomed to die,(A)
Isaiah 42:7
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7 to open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
from the prison those who sit in darkness.(A)
Isaiah 33:2
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2 O Lord, be gracious to us; we wait for you.
Be our arm every morning,
our salvation in the time of trouble.(A)
Psalm 146:6-7
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6 who made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that is in them;
who keeps faith forever;(A)
7 who executes justice for the oppressed;
who gives food to the hungry.
The Lord sets the prisoners free;(B)
Psalm 69:33
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33 For the Lord hears the needy
and does not despise his own who are in bonds.(A)
Psalm 12:5
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5 “Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan,
I will now rise up,” says the Lord;
“I will place them in the safety for which they long.”(A)
Ephesians 3:20
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20 Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine,(A)
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Matthew 6:13
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Numbers 14:17-19
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17 And now, therefore, let the power of the Lord be great in the way that you promised when you spoke, saying,
18 ‘The Lord is slow to anger
and abounding in steadfast love,
forgiving iniquity and transgression,
but by no means clearing the guilty,
visiting the iniquity of the parents
upon the children
to the third and the fourth generation.’(A)
19 “Forgive the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your steadfast love, just as you have pardoned this people, from Egypt even until now.”(B)
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Exodus 2:23-24
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23 After a long time the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned under their slavery and cried out. Their cry for help rose up to God from their slavery.(A) 24 God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.(B)
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