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“Let us break their chains,” they cry, “and free ourselves from slavery to God.”
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Psalm 4
For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by stringed instruments.
Answer me when I call to you, O God who declares me innocent. Free me from my troubles. Have mercy on me and hear my prayer.
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They think, “Nothing bad will ever happen to us! We will be free of trouble forever!”
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Keep your servant from deliberate sins! Don’t let them control me. Then I will be free of guilt and innocent of great sin.
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I prayed to the Lord, and he answered me. He freed me from all my fears.
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You drove out the pagan nations by your power and gave all the land to our ancestors. You crushed their enemies and set our ancestors free.
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God places the lonely in families; he sets the prisoners free and gives them joy. But he makes the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
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Come and redeem me; free me from my enemies.
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Pile their sins up high, and don’t let them go free.
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Save me and rescue me, for you do what is right. Turn your ear to listen to me, and set me free.
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He made it a law for Israel when he attacked Egypt to set us free. I heard an unknown voice say,
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“Now I will take the load from your shoulders; I will free your hands from their heavy tasks.
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My daily task will be to ferret out the wicked and free the city of the Lord from their grip.
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Then Pharaoh sent for him and set him free; the ruler of the nation opened his prison door.
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They share freely and give generously to those in need. Their good deeds will be remembered forever. They will have influence and honor.
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O Lord, I am your servant; yes, I am your servant, born into your household; you have freed me from my chains.
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In my distress I prayed to the Lord, and the Lord answered me and set me free.
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I will walk in freedom, for I have devoted myself to your commandments.
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We escaped like a bird from a hunter’s trap. The trap is broken, and we are free!
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But the Lord is good; he has cut me free from the ropes of the ungodly.
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He gives justice to the oppressed and food to the hungry. The Lord frees the prisoners.
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He hurls the hail like stones. Who can stand against his freezing cold?
