Set me free from my prison,(A)
    that I may praise your name.(B)
Then the righteous will gather about me
    because of your goodness to me.(C)

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11 For your name’s sake,(A) Lord, preserve my life;(B)
    in your righteousness,(C) bring me out of trouble.

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He upholds(A) the cause of the oppressed(B)
    and gives food to the hungry.(C)
The Lord sets prisoners free,(D)

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I will sing(A) the Lord’s praise,
    for he has been good to me.

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Arise,(A) Lord, in your anger;
    rise up against the rage of my enemies.(B)
    Awake,(C) my God; decree justice.
Let the assembled peoples gather around you,
    while you sit enthroned over them on high.(D)

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11 As you know, we count as blessed(A) those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance(B) and have seen what the Lord finally brought about.(C) The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.(D)

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24 But God raised him from the dead,(A) freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.(B)

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The Year of the Lord’s Favor

61 The Spirit(A) of the Sovereign Lord(B) is on me,
    because the Lord has anointed(C) me
    to proclaim good news(D) to the poor.(E)
He has sent me to bind up(F) the brokenhearted,
    to proclaim freedom(G) for the captives(H)
    and release from darkness for the prisoners,[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 61:1 Hebrew; Septuagint the blind

Psalm 142[a]

A maskil[b] of David. When he was in the cave.(A) A prayer.

I cry aloud(B) to the Lord;
    I lift up my voice to the Lord for mercy.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 142:1 In Hebrew texts 142:1-7 is numbered 142:2-8.
  2. Psalm 142:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

ג Gimel

17 Be good to your servant(A) while I live,
    that I may obey your word.(B)

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74 May those who fear you rejoice(A) when they see me,
    for I have put my hope in your word.(B)

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Return to your rest,(A) my soul,
    for the Lord has been good(B) to you.

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You have not given me into the hands(A) of the enemy
    but have set my feet in a spacious place.(B)

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41 But he lifted the needy(A) out of their affliction
    and increased their families like flocks.(B)
42 The upright see and rejoice,(C)
    but all the wicked shut their mouths.(D)

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I am counted among those who go down to the pit;(A)
    I am like one without strength.(B)
I am set apart with the dead,
    like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
    who are cut off(C) from your care.

You have put me in the lowest pit,
    in the darkest depths.(D)
Your wrath(E) lies heavily on me;
    you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.[a](F)
You have taken from me my closest friends(G)
    and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined(H) and cannot escape;(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 88:7 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 10.

I will glory(A) in the Lord;
    let the afflicted hear and rejoice.(B)

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21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lions;(A)
    save me from the horns of the wild oxen.(B)

22 I will declare your name to my people;
    in the assembly(C) I will praise you.(D)
23 You who fear the Lord, praise him!(E)
    All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!(F)
    Revere him,(G) all you descendants of Israel!
24 For he has not despised(H) or scorned
    the suffering of the afflicted one;(I)
he has not hidden his face(J) from him
    but has listened to his cry for help.(K)

25 From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;(L)
    before those who fear you[a] I will fulfill my vows.(M)
26 The poor will eat(N) and be satisfied;
    those who seek the Lord will praise him—(O)
    may your hearts live forever!

27 All the ends of the earth(P)
    will remember and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
    will bow down before him,(Q)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 22:25 Hebrew him

My enemies turn back;
    they stumble and perish before you.

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