10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.

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10 Your people settled in it,
    and from your bounty,(A) God, you provided(B) for the poor.

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29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

31 This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

33 For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

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29 But as for me, afflicted and in pain—
    may your salvation, God, protect me.(A)

30 I will praise God’s name in song(B)
    and glorify him(C) with thanksgiving.
31 This will please the Lord more than an ox,
    more than a bull with its horns and hooves.(D)
32 The poor will see and be glad(E)
    you who seek God, may your hearts live!(F)
33 The Lord hears the needy(G)
    and does not despise his captive people.

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15 I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.

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15 I will bless her with abundant provisions;
    her poor I will satisfy with food.(A)

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61 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;

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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

For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

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Has not my hand made all these things,(A)
    and so they came into being?”
declares the Lord.

“These are the ones I look on with favor:
    those who are humble and contrite in spirit,(B)
    and who tremble at my word.(C)

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