And I will bring the blind by a way {that} they knew not; I will lead them in paths {that} they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. {straight: Heb. into straightness}

O LORD, truly I {am} thy servant; I {am} thy servant, {and} the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

For ye were sometimes darkness, but now {are ye} light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein {is} no water. {by...: or, whose covenant is by blood}

But ye {are} a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: {peculiar: or, purchased} {praises: or, virtues}

Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, {being} bound in affliction and iron;

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 it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth {day} of the month, {that} Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the {first} year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,

But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,

Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry {land}. {in families: Heb. in a house}

And if {they be} bound in fetters, {and} be holden in cords of affliction;

And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. {gave...: Heb. added all that had been to Job unto the double}

Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.

To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; {those...: Heb. the children of death}

And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. {shine...: or, be enlightened; for thy light cometh}

Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:

To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon {him}, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from {his} hands.

And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.

Before I go {whence} I shall not return, {even} to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that {are} in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures {shall be} in all high places.

Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. {stain: or, challenge} {let the...: or, let them terrify it, as those who have a bitter day}

He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry {land}. {in families: Heb. in a house}

To give light to them that sit in darkness and {in} the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon {him}, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from {his} hands.

For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.

Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. {stain: or, challenge} {let the...: or, let them terrify it, as those who have a bitter day}

Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:

O LORD, truly I {am} thy servant; I {am} thy servant, {and} the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.