Psalm 142:6-7 Part 2 of 3

"Hear my cry,

    for I am very low.

Rescue me from my persecutors,

    for they are too strong for me.

Bring me out of prison

    so I can thank you.

The godly will crowd around me,

    for you are good to me." 

 

"Bring me out of prison ..."

Isaiah 42:7  

    "You will open the eyes of the blind.

You will free the captives from prison,

    releasing those who sit in dark dungeons."  (see all Isaiah 42)

Psalm 68:6  

God places the lonely in families;

    he sets the prisoners free and gives them joy.

But he makes the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.  (see all Psalm 68)

Psalm 79:11  

Listen to the moaning of the prisoners.

    Demonstrate your great power by saving those condemned to die.

    (see all Psalm 79)

Psalm 107:10  

Some sat in darkness and deepest gloom,

    imprisoned in iron chains of misery.  (see Psalm 107:10-16)

Zechariah 9:11  

"Because of the covenant I made with you,

    sealed with blood,

I will free your prisoners

    from death in a waterless dungeon."  (see all Zechariah 9)

Luke 4:18-19  

"The Spirit of the LORD is upon me,

    for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor.

He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released,

    that the blind will see,

that the oppressed will be set free,

    and that the time of the LORD's favor has come."  (Isaiah 61:1-2)

    (see Luke 4:1-30)

 

"... so I can thank you."  

Psalm 35:18  

Then I will thank you in front of the great assembly.

    I will praise you before all the people.  (see all Psalm 35)

Psalm 79:13  

Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture,

    will thank you forever and ever,

    praising your greatness from generation to generation.  (see all Psalm 79)

Psalm 145:10  

All of your works will thank you, LORD,

    and your faithful followers will praise you.  (see all Psalm 145)

Isaiah 12:4  

In that wonderful day you will sing:

    "Thank the LORD! Praise his name!

Tell the nations what he has done.

    Let them know how mighty he is!"  (see all Isaiah 12)

Philippians 4:6  

    Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.  (see Philippians 4:4-9)

1 Thessalonians 2:13  

    Therefore we never stop thanking God that when you received his message from us, you didn't think of our words as mere human ideas. You accepted what we said as the very word of God--which, of course, it is. And this word continues to work in you who believe.  (see all 1 Thessalonians 2) 

 

(parentheses are mine)

 

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