The LORDopens[the eyes of] the blind;The LORDraisesup those who are boweddown;The LORDlovesthe righteous;
For the LORDis righteous,He lovesrighteousness;The uprightwill beholdHis face.
The LORDsustainsallwho fallAnd raisesup allwho are boweddown.
The LORDsupportsthe afflicted;He bringsdownthe wickedto the ground.
Thenthe eyesof the blindwill be openedAnd the earsof the deafwill be unstopped.
"I will leadthe blindby a waythey do not know,In pathsthey do not knowI will guidethem. I will makedarknessinto lightbeforethem And ruggedplacesinto plains.Theseare the thingsI will do,And I will not leavethem undone."
Hear,you deaf!And look,you blind,that you may see.
[the] BLINDRECEIVE SIGHTand [the] lamewalk,[the] lepersare cleansedand [the] deafhear,[the] deadare raisedup, and [the] POORHAVE THE GOSPEL PREACHEDTO THEM.
And their eyeswere opened.And Jesussternly warnedthem: "Seethat no oneknows[about this]!"
for the FatherHimselflovesyou, becauseyou have lovedMe and have believedthat I came forthfrom the Father.
to opentheir eyesso that they may turnfrom darknessto lightand from the dominionof Satanto God,that they may receiveforgivenessof sinsand an inheritanceamongthosewho have been sanctifiedby faithin Me.'
But God,who comfortsthe depressed,comfortedus by the comingof Titus;
[I pray that] the eyesof your heartmay be enlightened,sothat you will knowwhatis the hopeof His calling,whatare the richesof the gloryof His inheritancein the saints,
"Indeed,He lovesthe people;AllYour holyonesare in Your hand,And they followedin Your steps;[Everyone] receivesof Your words.
But you are A CHOSENRACE,A royalPRIESTHOOD,A HOLYNATION,A PEOPLEFOR [God's] OWN POSSESSION,sothat you may proclaimthe excellenciesof Him who has calledyou out of darknessinto His marvelouslight;