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Then you will call, and Yahweh will answer.
    You will cry for help, and he will say, “Here I am!”

Get rid of that yoke.
    Don’t point your finger and say wicked things.

10 If you give some of your own food to feed those who are hungry
    and to satisfy the needs of those who are humble,
    then your light will rise in the dark,
    and your darkness will become as bright as the noonday sun.
11 Yahweh will continually guide you
    and satisfy you even in sun-baked places.
    He will strengthen your bones.
    You will become like a watered garden
        and like a spring whose water does not stop flowing.

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Then you will call,(A) and the Lord will answer;(B)
    you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.

“If you do away with the yoke of oppression,
    with the pointing finger(C) and malicious talk,(D)
10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
    and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,(E)
then your light(F) will rise in the darkness,
    and your night will become like the noonday.(G)
11 The Lord will guide(H) you always;
    he will satisfy your needs(I) in a sun-scorched land(J)
    and will strengthen(K) your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,(L)
    like a spring(M) whose waters never fail.

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