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11 Listen to the moaning of the prisoners.
    Demonstrate your great power by saving those condemned to die.

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20     to hear the groans of the prisoners,
    to release those condemned to die.

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    You will open the eyes of the blind.
You will free the captives from prison,
    releasing those who sit in dark dungeons.

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But Lord, be merciful to us,
    for we have waited for you.
Be our strong arm each day
    and our salvation in times of trouble.

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He made heaven and earth,
    the sea, and everything in them.
    He keeps every promise forever.
He gives justice to the oppressed
    and food to the hungry.
The Lord frees the prisoners.

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33 For the Lord hears the cries of the needy;
    he does not despise his imprisoned people.

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The Lord replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless,
    and I have heard the groans of the poor.
Now I will rise up to rescue them,
    as they have longed for me to do.”

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23 Years passed, and the king of Egypt died. But the Israelites continued to groan under their burden of slavery. They cried out for help, and their cry rose up to God. 24 God heard their groaning, and he remembered his covenant promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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20 Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.

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13 And don’t let us yield to temptation,[a]
    but rescue us from the evil one.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 6:13a Or And keep us from being tested.
  2. 6:13b Or from evil. Some manuscripts add For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

17 “Please, Lord, prove that your power is as great as you have claimed. For you said, 18 ‘The Lord is slow to anger and filled with unfailing love, forgiving every kind of sin and rebellion. But he does not excuse the guilty. He lays the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations.’ 19 In keeping with your magnificent, unfailing love, please pardon the sins of this people, just as you have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.”

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