Job Prays for Relief

“My spirit is broken, My days are extinguished, The grave is ready for me.

The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart, And saves such as have a contrite spirit.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart— These, O God, You will not despise.

A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, But by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones.

The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness, But who can bear a broken spirit?

Whoever has no rule over his own spirit Is like a city broken down, without walls.

The Good News of Salvation

“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed;