Psalm 142:7
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7 Bring me out of prison,
so that I may give thanks to your name.
The righteous will surround me,
for you will deal bountifully with me.(A)
Psalm 143:11
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11 For your name’s sake, O Lord, preserve my life.
In your righteousness bring me out of trouble.(A)
Psalm 146:7
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7 who executes justice for the oppressed;
who gives food to the hungry.
The Lord sets the prisoners free;(A)
Psalm 13:6
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6 I will sing to the Lord
because he has dealt bountifully with me.(A)
Psalm 7:6-7
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6 Rise up, O Lord, in your anger;
lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies;
awake, O my God;[a] you have appointed a judgment.(A)
7 Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered around you,
and over it take your seat[b] on high.(B)
James 5:11
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11 Indeed, we call blessed those who showed endurance. You have heard of the endurance of Job, and you have seen the outcome that the Lord brought about, for the Lord is compassionate and merciful.(A)
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Acts 2:24
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24 But God raised him up, having released him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for him to be held in its power.(A)
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Isaiah 61:1
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The Good News of Deliverance
61 The spirit of the Lord God is upon me
because the Lord has anointed me;
he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed,
to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives
and release to the prisoners,(A)
Psalm 9:14
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14 so that I may recount all your praises
and, in the gates of daughter Zion,
rejoice in your deliverance.(A)
Psalm 142:1
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Psalm 142
Prayer for Deliverance from Persecutors
A Maskil of David. When he was in the cave. A Prayer.
1 With my voice I cry to the Lord;
with my voice I make supplication to the Lord.(A)
Psalm 119:17
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17 Deal bountifully with your servant,
so that I may live and observe your word.(A)
Psalm 119:74
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74 Those who fear you shall see me and rejoice,
because I have hoped in your word.(A)
Psalm 116:7
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7 Return, O my soul, to your rest,
for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.(A)
Psalm 31:8
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8 and have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy;
you have set my feet in a broad place.(A)
Psalm 107:41-42
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41 but he raises up the needy out of distress
and makes their families like flocks.(A)
42 The upright see it and are glad,
and all wickedness stops its mouth.(B)
Psalm 88:4-8
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4 I am counted among those who go down to the Pit;
I am like those who have no help,(A)
5 like those forsaken among the dead,
like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom you remember no more,
for they are cut off from your hand.(B)
6 You have put me in the depths of the Pit,
in the regions dark and deep.(C)
7 Your wrath lies heavy upon me,
and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah(D)
8 You have caused my companions to shun me;
you have made me a thing of horror to them.
I am shut in so that I cannot escape;(E)
Psalm 34:2
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2 My soul makes its boast in the Lord;
let the humble hear and be glad.(A)
Psalm 22:21-27
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21 Save me from the mouth of the lion!
From the horns of the wild oxen you have rescued[a] me.(A)
22 I will tell of your name to my brothers and sisters;[b]
in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:(B)
23 You who fear the Lord, praise him!
All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him;
stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!(C)
24 For he did not despise or abhor
the affliction of the afflicted;
he did not hide his face from me[c]
but heard when I[d] cried to him.(D)
25 From you comes my praise in the great congregation;
my vows I will pay before those who fear him.(E)
26 The poor[e] shall eat and be satisfied;
those who seek him shall praise the Lord.
May your hearts live forever!(F)
27 All the ends of the earth shall remember
and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
shall worship before him.[f](G)
Psalm 9:3
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3 When my enemies turned back,
they stumbled and perished before you.(A)
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