⁶ God sets the lonely^(A) in families,^[a](B)
    he leads out the prisoners^(C) with singing;
    but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.^(D)

⁹ He settles the childless^(A) woman in her home
    as a happy mother of children.

Praise the Lord.

³³ The Lord hears the needy^(A)
    and does not despise his captive people.

¹⁰ Some sat in darkness,^(A) in utter darkness,
    prisoners suffering^(B) in iron chains,^(C)

¹⁴ He brought them out of darkness,^(A) the utter darkness,^(B)
    and broke away their chains.^(C)

⁷ He upholds^(A) the cause of the oppressed^(B)
    and gives food to the hungry.^(C)
The Lord sets prisoners free,^(D)

⁴⁰ he who pours contempt on nobles^(A)
    made them wander in a trackless waste.^(B)
41 But he lifted the needy^(C) out of their affliction
    and increased their families like flocks.^(D)

“Be glad, barren woman,
    you who never bore a child;
shout for joy and cry aloud,
    you who were never in labor;
because more are the children of the desolate woman
    than of her who has a husband.”^[a](A)