Bring me out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name! The righteous will surround me, for you will deal bountifully with me.
For your name's sake, O Lord, preserve my life! In your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble!
who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the prisoners free;
I will sing to the Lord, because he has dealt bountifully with me.
Arise, O Lord, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; awake for me; you have appointed a judgment. Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you; over it return on high.
Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.
God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
that I may recount all your praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in your salvation.
A Maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer. With my voice I cry out to the Lord; with my voice I plead for mercy to the Lord.
Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and keep your word.
Those who fear you shall see me and rejoice, because I have hoped in your word.
Return, O my soul, to your rest; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.
and you have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy; you have set my feet in a broad place.
but he raises up the needy out of affliction and makes their families like flocks. The upright see it and are glad, and all wickedness shuts its mouth.
I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am a man who has no strength, like one set loose among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom you remember no more, for they are cut off from your hand. You have put me in the depths of the pit, in the regions dark and deep. Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;
My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad.
Save me from the mouth of the lion! You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen! I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise you: You who fear the Lord, praise him! All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him, and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel! For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, and he has not hidden his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him. From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will perform before those who fear him.
When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before your presence.
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