The Lord is the strength(A) of his people,
    a fortress of salvation(B) for his anointed one.(C)

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Now this I know:
    The Lord gives victory to his anointed.(A)
He answers him from his heavenly sanctuary
    with the victorious power of his right hand.(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

Sovereign Lord,(A) my strong deliverer,
    you shield my head in the day of battle.

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13 So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed(A) him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the Lord(B) came powerfully upon David.(C) Samuel then went to Ramah.

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The kings(A) of the earth rise up
    and the rulers band together
    against the Lord and against his anointed,(B) saying,

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