deliverance

¹⁸The just cried out, and the Lord heard them, and he freed them from all their tribulations.

⁶And they cried out to the Lord in tribulation, and he rescued them in their necessity.

¹⁵And call upon me in the day of tribulation. I will rescue you, and you will honor me.

⁵I sought the Lord, and he heeded me, and he carried me away from all my tribulations.

²And he said: “The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my Savior.

¹Stand firm, and do not be willing to be again held by the yoke of servitude.

¹⁶Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be saved. For the unremitting prayer of a just person prevails over many things.

³²And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.”

¹⁴For sin should not have dominion over you. For you are not under the law, but under grace. ¹⁵What is next? Should we sin because we are not under the law, but under grace? Let it not be so! ¹⁶Do you not know to whom you are offering yourselves as servants under obedience? You are the servants of whomever you obey: whether of sin, unto death, or of obedience, unto justice. ¹⁷But thanks be to God that, though you used to be the servants of sin, now you have been obedient from the heart to the very form of the doctrine into which you have been received. ¹⁸And having been freed from sin, we have become servants of justice. ¹⁹I am speaking in human terms because of the infirmity of your flesh. For just as you offered the parts of your body to serve impurity and iniquity, for the sake of iniquity, so also have you now yielded the parts of your body to serve justice, for the sake of sanctification.

⁷If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, then you may ask for whatever you will, and it shall be done for you.

⁹Thus, the Lord knows how to rescue the pious from trials, and how to reserve the iniquitous for torments on the day of judgment;

²⁵And I will repay you for the years which the locust, and the beetle, and the mildew, and the caterpillar consumed: my great strength which I sent upon you. ²⁶And you will eat with enjoyment, and you will be satisfied, and you will praise the name of the Lord your God, who has worked miracles with you, and my people will not be confounded forever. ²⁷And you will know that I am in the midst of Israel, and I am the Lord your God, and there is no other, and my people will not be confounded forever.

¹The Praise of a Canticle, of David. Whoever dwells with the assistance of the Most High will abide in the protection of the God of heaven. ²He will say to the Lord, “You are my supporter and my refuge.” My God, I will hope in him. ³For he has freed me from the snare of those who go hunting, and from the harsh word. ⁴He will overshadow you with his shoulders, and you will hope under his wings. ⁵His truth will surround you with a shield. You will not be afraid: before the terror of the night, ⁶before the arrow flying in the day, before the troubles that wander in the darkness, nor of invasion and the midday demon.

¹And having called together his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out and to cure every sickness and every infirmity.

¹⁸But I am a beggar and poor. The Lord has been concerned about me. You are my helper and my protector. My God, do not delay.

¹⁴Be pleased, O Lord, to rescue me. Look down, O Lord, to help me.

⁷And the Lord said to me: “Do not choose to say, ‘I am a boy.’ For you shall go forth to everyone to whom I will send you. And you shall speak all that I will command you. ⁸You should not be afraid before their face. For I am with you, so that I may deliver you,” says the Lord.