Psalms 51:8

The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound,

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

Israel will be saved by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation. You will not be disappointed nor confounded to ages everlasting.

the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”

Those ransomed by Yahweh will return, and come with singing to Zion. Everlasting joy shall be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy. Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John the things which you have seen and heard: that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.

Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance; the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many children to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases,

It will happen in that day that his burden will depart from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing oil.

to proclaim the year of Yahweh’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn,

I will build you again, and you will be built, O virgin of Israel. You will again be adorned with your tambourines, and will go out in the dances of those who make merry.

They will come and sing in the height of Zion, and will flow to the goodness of Yahweh, to the grain, to the new wine, to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd. Their soul will be as a watered garden. They will not sorrow any more at all.

for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ Then they began to celebrate.

Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”

Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

Hannah prayed, and said: “My heart exults in Yahweh! My horn is exalted in Yahweh. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.

as the days in which the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned to them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending presents of food to one another, and gifts to the needy.

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes black the day terrify it.

But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

If my head is held high, you hunt me like a lion. Again you show yourself powerful to me.

that I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.

Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.

Your righteousness also, God, reaches to the heavens; you have done great things. God, who is like you?

Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.

The eyes of those who see will not be dim, and the ears of those who hear will listen.

Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.

to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.

Your sun will not go down any more, nor will your moon withdraw itself; for Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning will end.

Thanksgiving will proceed out of them with the voice of those who make merry. I will multiply them, and they will not be few; I will also glorify them, and they will not be small.

He has made my flesh and my skin old. He has broken my bones.

“Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him. He will proclaim justice to the nations.

I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.

He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.

But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God’s house. I trust in God’s loving kindness forever and ever.

There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds.

Yahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your faithfulness is around you.

because of your indignation and your wrath; for you have taken me up and thrown me away.

Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.

Let them praise his name in the dance! Let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp!

Praise him with tambourine and dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and flute!

for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away from off all the earth, for Yahweh has spoken it.

For the people will dwell in Zion at Jerusalem. You will weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the voice of your cry. When he hears you, he will answer you.

I waited patiently until morning. He breaks all my bones like a lion. From day even to night you will make an end of me.

saying to those who are bound, ‘Come out!’; to those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves!’ “They shall feed along the paths, and their pasture shall be on all treeless heights.

I have seen his ways, and will heal him. I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.

I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and delight in my people; and the voice of weeping and the voice of crying will be heard in her no more.

Heal me, O Yahweh, and I will be healed. Save me, and I will be saved; for you are my praise.

“Israel is a hunted sheep. The lions have driven him away. First, the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.”

The king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions mauled them, and broke all their bones in pieces, before they came to the bottom of the den.

“Come! Let’s return to Yahweh; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds.

yet I will rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!

the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned.”

He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a smoking flax, until he leads justice to victory.

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, that those who don’t see may see; and that those who see may become blind.”

I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.

And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border! May your hand be with me, and may you keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” God granted him that which he requested.

But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation.

He asked life of you and you gave it to him, even length of days forever and ever.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,

All my bones shall say, “Yahweh, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”

There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.

though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

You who hear prayer, all men will come to you.

His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.

Then Yahweh’s ransomed ones will return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.”

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,

Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am faint. Yahweh, heal me, for my bones are troubled.

Yahweh my God, I cried to you, and you have healed me.

When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away.

But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ ”

Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation,