Set me free from my prison,(A)
    that I may praise your name.(B)
Then the righteous will gather about me
    because of your goodness to me.(C)

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Bring my soul out of prison,
That I may (A)praise Your name;
The righteous shall surround me,
For You shall deal bountifully with me.”

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He upholds(A) the cause of the oppressed(B)
    and gives food to the hungry.(C)
The Lord sets prisoners free,(D)

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(A)Who executes justice for the oppressed,
(B)Who gives food to the hungry.
(C)The Lord gives freedom to the prisoners.

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to open eyes that are blind,(A)
    to free(B) captives from prison(C)
    and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.(D)

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(A)To open blind eyes,
To (B)bring out prisoners from the prison,
Those who sit in (C)darkness from the prison house.

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22 But this is a people plundered(A) and looted,
    all of them trapped in pits(B)
    or hidden away in prisons.(C)
They have become plunder,
    with no one to rescue them;(D)
they have been made loot,
    with no one to say, “Send them back.”

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22 But this is a people robbed and plundered;
All of them are [a]snared in holes,
And they are hidden in prison houses;
They are for prey, and no one delivers;
For plunder, and no one says, “Restore!”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 42:22 Or trapped in caves

The Year of the Lord’s Favor

61 The Spirit(A) of the Sovereign Lord(B) is on me,
    because the Lord has anointed(C) me
    to proclaim good news(D) to the poor.(E)
He has sent me to bind up(F) the brokenhearted,
    to proclaim freedom(G) for the captives(H)
    and release from darkness for the prisoners,[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 61:1 Hebrew; Septuagint the blind

The Good News of Salvation

61 “The (A)Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord (B)has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me (C)to [a]heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim (D)liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

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  1. Isaiah 61:1 Lit. bind up