The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; on those who lived in a land of deep shadow a light has shone. For the yoke that was weighing upon them and the burden upon their shoulders, thou hast broken in pieces O God.

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee.

I have called you by name, you are mine... you are precious in my sight.

Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear.

All the earth is at rest and is quiet: they are bursting into song. Even the trees of the wood are glad over you, the trees of Lebanon, saying, From the time of your fall no wood-cutter has come up against us with an axe.

For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; it is he who will save us.

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; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.