Psalms 116:16 Cross References

Psalms 116:16

16: O LORD, I am your servant; yes, I am your servant, the son of your handmaid, and you have freed me from my bonds!

Look down and have mercy on me. Give strength to your servant; yes, save me, for I am your servant.

In your unfailing love, cut off all my enemies and destroy all my foes, for I am your servant.

This letter is from James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is written to Jewish Christians scattered among the nations. Greetings!

He led them from the darkness and deepest gloom; he snapped their chains.
Let them praise the LORD for his great love and for all his wonderful deeds to them.
For he broke down their prison gates of bronze; he cut apart their bars of iron.

But now you are free from the power of sin and have become slaves of God. Now you do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life.

The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is upon me, because the LORD has appointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to announce that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed.

So the LORD sent the Assyrian armies, and they took Manasseh prisoner. They put a ring through his nose, bound him in bronze chains, and led him away to Babylon.
But while in deep distress, Manasseh sought the LORD his God and cried out humbly to the God of his ancestors.
And when he prayed, the LORD listened to him and was moved by his request for help. So the LORD let Manasseh return to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Manasseh had finally realized that the LORD alone is God!

All those who want to be my disciples must come and follow me, because my servants must be where I am. And if they follow me, the Father will honor them.

For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me,

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