Then the Lord said, (A)“I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their (B)taskmasters. I know their sufferings,

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19 He (A)fulfills the desire of those who fear him;
    he also (B)hears their cry and saves them.

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44 Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress,
    when he (A)heard their cry.

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God Hears Israel's Groaning

23 (A)During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel (B)groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. (C)Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. 24 And (D)God heard their groaning, and God (E)remembered his covenant with (F)Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 God (G)saw the people of Israel—and God (H)knew.

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(A)This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
    and (B)saved him out of all his troubles.

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(A)“And you saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt and heard (B)their cry at the Red Sea,

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23 If you do mistreat them, and they (A)cry out to me, I will surely (B)hear their cry,

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(A)In all their affliction he was afflicted,[a]
    and the angel of his presence saved them;
(B)in his love and in his pity he redeemed them;
    (C)he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 63:9 Or he did not afflict

I (A)sought the Lord, and he answered me
    and delivered me from all my fears.

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16 “Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, (A)and you shall anoint him to be prince[a] over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines. (B)For I have seen[b] my people, because their cry has come to me.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 9:16 Or leader
  2. 1 Samuel 9:16 Septuagint adds the affliction of

11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them (A)to afflict them with heavy (B)burdens. They built for Pharaoh (C)store cities, Pithom and (D)Raamses.

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32 And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben,[a] for she said, “Because the Lord (A)has looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 29:32 Reuben means See, a son

15 For we do not have a high priest (A)who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been (B)tempted as we are, (C)yet without sin.

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24 For he has not despised or abhorred
    the affliction of (A)the afflicted,
and he has not (B)hidden his face from him,
    but has heard, when he (C)cried to him.

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When my spirit (A)faints within me,
    you know my way!
In the path where I walk
    they have (B)hidden a trap for me.

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21 (A)I will go down to see whether they have done altogether[a] according to the outcry that has come to me. And if not, (B)I will know.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 18:21 Or they deserve destruction; Hebrew they have made a complete end

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