⁴ Light shines in the darkness ^(A)for the upright;
He is ^(B)gracious, compassionate, and righteous.

⁷ Is it not to ^(A)break your bread ^[a]with the hungry
And ^(B)bring the homeless poor into the house;
When you see the ^(C)naked, to cover him;
And not to ^(D)hide yourself from your own flesh?
⁸ Then your ^(E)light will break out like the dawn,
And your ^(F)recovery will spring up quickly;
And your ^(G)righteousness will go before you;
The glory of the ^(H)Lord will be your rear guard.
⁹ Then you will ^(I)call, and the Lord will answer;
You will cry for help, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’
If you ^(J)remove the yoke from your midst,
The ^[b](K)pointing of the finger and ^(L)speaking wickedness,
¹⁰ And if you ^(M)offer yourself to the hungry
And satisfy the ^[c]need of the afflicted,
Then your ^(N)light will rise in darkness,
And your gloom will become like midday.

⁵ For ^(A)My sword has drunk its fill in heaven;
Behold it shall descend for judgment upon ^(B)Edom,
And upon the people whom I have ^(C)designated for destruction.

⁷⁸ Because of the tender mercy of our God,
With which ^(A)the Sunrise from on high will visit us,
^79 (B)To shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death,
To guide our feet into the ^(C)way of peace.”