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Then you will call, and Yahweh will answer.
    You will cry for help, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’

“If you take away from among you the yoke,
    finger pointing,
    and speaking wickedly;
10 and if you pour out your soul to the hungry,
    and satisfy the afflicted soul,
then your light will rise in darkness,
    and your obscurity will be as the noonday;
11 and Yahweh will guide you continually,
    satisfy your soul in dry places,
    and make your bones strong.
You will be like a watered garden,
    and like a spring of water
    whose waters don’t fail.

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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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