Psalm 79:11

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Let the groans of the prisoners come before thee; according to thy great power preserve those doomed to die!

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to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die;

to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.

O Lord, be gracious to us; we wait for thee. Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble.

For the Lord hears the needy, and does not despise his own that are in bonds.

“Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”

Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think,

And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil.

that men may declare in Zion the name of the Lord, and in Jerusalem his praise,