Psalm 142:7
New Living Translation
7 Bring me out of prison
so I can thank you.
The godly will crowd around me,
for you are good to me.”
Psalm 143:11
New Living Translation
11 For the glory of your name, O Lord, preserve my life.
Because of your faithfulness, bring me out of this distress.
Psalm 146:7
New Living Translation
7 He gives justice to the oppressed
and food to the hungry.
The Lord frees the prisoners.
Psalm 13:6
New Living Translation
6 I will sing to the Lord
because he is good to me.
Psalm 7:6-7
New Living Translation
6 Arise, O Lord, in anger!
Stand up against the fury of my enemies!
Wake up, my God, and bring justice!
7 Gather the nations before you.
Rule over them from on high.
James 5:11
New Living Translation
11 We give great honor to those who endure under suffering. For instance, you know about Job, a man of great endurance. You can see how the Lord was kind to him at the end, for the Lord is full of tenderness and mercy.
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Acts 2:24
New Living Translation
24 But God released him from the horrors of death and raised him back to life, for death could not keep him in its grip.
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Isaiah 61:1
New Living Translation
Good News for the Oppressed
61 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me,
for the Lord has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted
and to proclaim that captives will be released
and prisoners will be freed.[a]
Psalm 9:14
New Living Translation
14 Save me so I can praise you publicly at Jerusalem’s gates,
so I can rejoice that you have rescued me.
Psalm 142:1
New Living Translation
Psalm 142
A psalm[a] of David, regarding his experience in the cave. A prayer.
1 I cry out to the Lord;
I plead for the Lord’s mercy.
Footnotes
- 142:Title Hebrew maskil. This may be a literary or musical term.
Psalm 119:17
New Living Translation
Psalm 119:74
New Living Translation
74 May all who fear you find in me a cause for joy,
for I have put my hope in your word.
Psalm 116:7
New Living Translation
7 Let my soul be at rest again,
for the Lord has been good to me.
Psalm 31:8
New Living Translation
8 You have not handed me over to my enemies
but have set me in a safe place.
Psalm 107:41-42
New Living Translation
41 But he rescues the poor from trouble
and increases their families like flocks of sheep.
42 The godly will see these things and be glad,
while the wicked are struck silent.
Psalm 88:4-8
New Living Translation
4 I am as good as dead,
like a strong man with no strength left.
5 They have left me among the dead,
and I lie like a corpse in a grave.
I am forgotten,
cut off from your care.
6 You have thrown me into the lowest pit,
into the darkest depths.
7 Your anger weighs me down;
with wave after wave you have engulfed me. Interlude
8 You have driven my friends away
by making me repulsive to them.
I am in a trap with no way of escape.
Psalm 34:2
New Living Translation
2 I will boast only in the Lord;
let all who are helpless take heart.
Psalm 22:21-27
New Living Translation
21 Snatch me from the lion’s jaws
and from the horns of these wild oxen.
22 I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters.[a]
I will praise you among your assembled people.
23 Praise the Lord, all you who fear him!
Honor him, all you descendants of Jacob!
Show him reverence, all you descendants of Israel!
24 For he has not ignored or belittled the suffering of the needy.
He has not turned his back on them,
but has listened to their cries for help.
25 I will praise you in the great assembly.
I will fulfill my vows in the presence of those who worship you.
26 The poor will eat and be satisfied.
All who seek the Lord will praise him.
Their hearts will rejoice with everlasting joy.
27 The whole earth will acknowledge the Lord and return to him.
All the families of the nations will bow down before him.
Footnotes
- 22:22 Hebrew my brothers.
Psalm 9:3
New Living Translation
3 My enemies retreated;
they staggered and died when you appeared.
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