To crushunderHis feetAllthe prisonersof the land,
To hearthe groaningof the prisoner,To setfreethosewhowere doomedto death,
For the LORDhearsthe needyAnd does not despiseHis [who are] prisoners.
Let the groaningof the prisonercomebeforeYou; According to the greatnessof Your powerpreservethosewhoare doomedto die.
Who madethe worldlike a wildernessAnd overthrewits cities,Who did not allowhis prisonersto [go] home?'
Sayingto those who are bound,'Goforth,'To those whoare in darkness,'Showyourselves.' Alongthe roadsthey will feed,And their pasture[will be] on allbareheights.
"Israelis a scatteredflock,the lionshave driven[them] away.The firstone[who] devouredhim was the kingof Assyria,and thislastone[who] has brokenhis bonesis Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babylon.
For He does not afflictwillinglyOr grievethe sonsof men.
To deprivea manof justiceIn the presenceof the MostHigh,
