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20To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
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Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; …
And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-22)Many exceedingly great and precious comforts are here thought of, and mustered up, to balance the foregoing complaints; for unto the upright there arises light in the darkness , so that, though they are cast down, they are not in despair. It is bad with the psalmist himself, bad with the people of God; but he has many considerations to revive himself with. I. We are dying creatures, and our intere…
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