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Psalms 143:11
For the glory of your name, O Lord, preserve my life. Because of your faithfulness, bring me out of this distress.
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Psalms 146:7
He gives justice to the oppressed and food to the hungry. The Lord frees the prisoners.
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Psalms 13:6
I will sing to the Lord because he is good to me.
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Psalms 9:14
Save me so I can praise you publicly at Jerusalem’s gates, so I can rejoice that you have rescued me.
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Psalms 119:17
Be good to your servant, that I may live and obey your word.
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Acts 2:24
But God released him from the horrors of death and raised him back to life, for death could not keep him in its grip.
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Psalms 7:6-7
Arise, O Lord, in anger! Stand up against the fury of my enemies! Wake up, my God, and bring justice!Gather the nations before you. Rule over them from on high.
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Psalms 22:21-27
Snatch me from the lion’s jaws and from the horns of these wild oxen.I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters. I will praise you among your assembled people.Praise the Lord, all you who fear him! Honor him, all you descendants of Jacob! Show him reverence, all you descendants of Israel!For he has not ignored or belittled the suffering of the needy. He has not turned his back on them, but has listened to their cries for help.I will praise you in the great assembly. I will fulfill my vows in the presence of those who worship you.The poor will eat and be satisfied. All who seek the Lord will praise him. Their hearts will rejoice with everlasting joy.The whole earth will acknowledge the Lord and return to him. All the families of the nations will bow down before him.
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Psalms 116:7
Let my soul be at rest again, for the Lord has been good to me.
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Psalms 107:41-42
But he rescues the poor from trouble and increases their families like flocks of sheep.The godly will see these things and be glad, while the wicked are struck silent.
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Psalms 88:4-8
I am as good as dead, like a strong man with no strength left.They have left me among the dead, and I lie like a corpse in a grave. I am forgotten, cut off from your care.You have thrown me into the lowest pit, into the darkest depths.Your anger weighs me down; with wave after wave you have engulfed me. InterludeYou have driven my friends away by making me repulsive to them. I am in a trap with no way of escape.
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Psalms 34:2
I will boast only in the Lord; let all who are helpless take heart.
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James 5:11
We give great honor to those who endure under suffering. For instance, you know about Job, a man of great endurance. You can see how the Lord was kind to him at the end, for the Lord is full of tenderness and mercy.
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Psalms 9:3
My enemies retreated; they staggered and died when you appeared.
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Psalms 31:8
You have not handed me over to my enemies but have set me in a safe place.
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Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed.
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Psalms 142:1
I cry out to the Lord; I plead for the Lord’s mercy.
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Psalms 119:74
May all who fear you find in me a cause for joy, for I have put my hope in your word.