Have mercy, O Lord, on your people Israel whom you have made free, and take away from your people the crime of a death without cause. Then they will no longer be responsible for the man's death.
Whatever your lips have said, see that you do it; for you gave your word freely to the Lord your God.
A newly married man will not have to go out with the army or undertake any business, but may be free for one year, living in his house for the comfort of his wife.
But keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God made you free: for this is why I give you orders to do this.
For the Lord will be judge of his people, he will have pity for his servants; when he sees that their power is gone, there is no one, shut up or free.
See now, I myself am he; there is no other god but me: giver of death and life, wounding and making well: and no one has power to make you free from my hand.
But if you say anything about our business here, then we will be free from the oath you have made us take.
Because of the flowing hair of the fighters in Israel, because the people gave themselves freely, give praise to the Lord.
Come, you rulers of Israel, you who gave yourselves freely among the people: give praise to the Lord.
(For my father made war for you, and put his life in danger, and made you free from the hands of Midian;
For you are with child and will give birth to a son; his hair is never to be cut, for the child is to be separate to God from his birth; and he will take up the work of freeing Israel from the hands of the Philistines.
Then she said, The Philistines are on you, Samson. And awaking from his sleep, he said, I will go out as at other times, shaking myself free. But he was not conscious that the Lord had gone from him.
And the towns which the Philistines had taken were given back to Israel, from ekron to Gath, and all the country round them Israel made free from the power of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
And he said to the children of Israel, The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, I took Israel out of Egypt, and made you free from the hands of the egyptians and from all the kingdoms which kept you down:
How much more if the people had freely taken their food from the goods of those who were fighting against them! would there not have been much greater destruction among the Philistines?
Then Saul said to the Lord, the God of Israel, Why have you not given me an answer today? If the sin is in me or in Jonathan my son, O Lord God of Israel, give Urim, and if it is in your people Israel, give Thummim. And by the decision of the Lord, Saul and Jonathan were marked out, and the people went free.
And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man? Clearly he has come out to put shame on Israel: and it is certain that if any man overcomes him, the king will give that man great wealth, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's family free in Israel.
And so, as your life was dear to me today, may my life be dear to the Lord, and may he make me free from all my troubles.
Your hands were free, your feet were not chained: like the downfall of a man before evil men, so was your fall. And the weeping of the people over him went on again.
And through all the tribes of Israel the people were having arguments, saying, The king made us safe from the hands of those who were against us and made us free from the hands of the Philistines; and now he has gone in flight from the land, because of Absalom.
And David made a song to the Lord in these words, on the day when the Lord made him free from the hands of all his haters, and from the hand of Saul:
He made me free from my strong hater, from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.
You have made me free from the fightings of my people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.
He makes me free from my haters: I am lifted up over those who come up against me: you have made me free from the violent man.
But do not let him be free from punishment, for you are a wise man; and it will be clear to you what you have to do with him; see that his white head goes down to the underworld in blood.
And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition to what he gave her freely from the impulse of his heart. So she went back to her country, she and her servants.
So I will send evil on the line of Jeroboam, cutting off from his family every male child, those who are shut up and those who go free in Israel; the family of Jeroboam will be brushed away like a man brushing away waste till it is all gone.
See, I will send evil on you and put an end to you completely, cutting off from Ahab every male child, him who is shut up and him who goes free in Israel;
After the death of Ahab, Moab made itself free from the authority of Israel.
But when Ahab was dead, the king of Moab got free from the authority of the king of Israel.
And he sent to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab has got free from my authority: will you go with me to make war on Moab? And he said, I will go with you: I am as you are, my people as your people, and my horses as your horses.
In his time, edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, and took a king for themselves.
So Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah to this day. And at the same time, Libnah made itself free.
For the family of Ahab will come to an end; every male of Ahab's family will be cut off, he who is shut up and he who goes free in Israel.
And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the holy things, which comes into the house of the Lord, (the amount fixed for every man's payment,) and all the money given by any man freely from the impulse of his heart,
(And the Lord gave Israel a saviour, so that they became free from the hands of the Aramaeans; and the children of Israel were living in their tents as in the past.
For the Lord saw how bitter was the trouble of Israel, and that everyone was cut off, he who was shut up and he who went free, and that Israel had no helper.
Do not give ear to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me; and everyone will be free to take the fruit of his vine and of his fig-tree, and the water of his spring;
And these were those who had the ordering of the music and songs, heads of families of the Levites, who were living in the rooms, and were free from other work, for their work went on day and night.
And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, making his name great and to be feared, driving out the nations from before your people whom you made free and took out of Egypt?
Then the heads of families and the chiefs of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the controllers of the king's business, freely gave themselves;
Then the people were glad because their offerings were freely given, for with a true heart they freely gave what they had to the Lord; and David the king was full of joy.
But who am I and what is my people, that we have power to give so freely in this way? for all things come from you, and what we have given you is yours.
And I am conscious, my God, that you are the searcher of hearts, taking pleasure in righteousness. As for me, with an upright heart I have freely given all these things; and I have seen with joy your people who are here to make their offerings freely to you.
After him Amasiah, the son of Zichri, who freely gave himself to the Lord, and with him two hundred thousand men of war;
In his time edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, and took a king for themselves.
So Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, to this day: and at the same time Libnah made itself free from his rule; because he was turned away from the Lord, the God of his fathers.
And Kore, the son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the east door, had control of the offerings freely given to God, and the distribution of the offerings of the Lord and the most holy things.
And his captains freely gave an offering to the people, the priests, and the Levites. hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, the rulers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings two thousand, six hundred small cattle and three hundred oxen.
And whoever there may be of the rest of Israel, living in any place, let the men of that place give him help with offerings of silver and gold and goods and beasts, in addition to the offering freely given for the house of God in Jerusalem.
And all their neighbours gave them help with offerings of vessels of silver and gold and goods and beasts and things of great value, in addition to what was freely offered.
And some of the heads of families, when they came to the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem, gave freely of their wealth for the building up of the house of God in its place:
And after that, the regular burned offering and the offerings for the new moons and all the fixed feasts of the Lord which had been made holy, and the offering of everyone who freely gave his offering to the Lord.
And to take with you the silver and gold freely offered by the king and his wise men to the God of Israel, whose temple is in Jerusalem,
As well as all the silver and gold which you get from the land of Babylon, together with the offering of the people and of the priests, freely given for the house of their God, which is in Jerusalem:
And I said to them, You are holy to the Lord and the vessels are holy: and the silver and the gold are an offering freely given to the Lord, the God of your fathers.
And now for a little time grace has come to us from the Lord our God, to let a small band of us get free and to give us a nail in his holy place, so that our God may give light to our eyes and a measure of new life in our prison chains.
And I said to them, We have given whatever we were able to give, to make our brothers the Jews free, who were servants and prisoners of the nations: and would you now give up your brothers for a price, and are they to become our property? Then they said nothing, answering not a word.
And in it these words were recorded: It is said among the nations, and Geshem says so, that you and the Jews are hoping to make yourselves free from the king's authority; and that this is why you are building the wall: and they say that it is your purpose to be their king;
And so you gave them up into the hands of their haters who were cruel to them: and in the time of their trouble, when they made their prayer to you, you gave ear to them from heaven; and in your great mercy gave them saviours, who made them free from the hands of their haters.
And the people gave a blessing to all the men who were freely offering to take up their places in Jerusalem.
And they gave them drink in gold vessels, every vessel being different, and wine of the kingdom, freely given by the king.
The small and the great are there, and the servant is free from his master.
Or, Get me out of the power of my hater? or, Give money so that I may be free from the power of the cruel ones?
I go in fear of all my pains; I am certain that I will not be free from sin in your eyes.
My soul is tired of life; I will let my sad thoughts go free in words; my soul will make a bitter outcry.
You may say, My way is clean, and I am free from sin in your eyes.
If death takes a man, will he come to life again? All the days of my trouble I would be waiting, till the time came for me to be free.
Their houses are free from fear, and the rod of God does not come on them.
How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?
He makes safe the man who is free from sin, and if your hands are clean, salvation will be yours.
There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.
He may get them ready, but the upright will put them on, and he who is free from sin will take the silver for a heritage.
If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.
What man is like Job, a man who freely makes sport of God,
Who has let the ass of the fields go free? or made loose the bands of the loud-voiced beast?
<To the chief music-maker on corded instruments. A Psalm. Of David.> Give answer to my cry, O God of my righteousness; make me free from my troubles; have mercy on me, and give ear to my prayer.
Come back, O Lord, make my soul free; O give me salvation because of your mercy.
<Shiggaion of David; a song which he made to the Lord, about the words of Cush the Benjamite.> O Lord my God, I put my faith in you; take me out of the hands of him who is cruel to me, and make me free;
<To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord, of David, who said the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord made him free from the hand of all his haters, and from the hand of Saul; and he said,> I will give you my love, O Lord, my strength.
He made me free from my strong hater, and from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.
You have made me free from the fightings of the people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.
He makes me free from my haters; I am lifted up over those who come up against me: you have made me free from the violent man.
Keep your servant back from sins of pride; let them not have rule over me: then will I be upright and free from great sin.
They sent up their cry to you and were made free: they put their faith in you and were not put to shame.
Be my saviour from the lion's mouth; let me go free from the horns of the cruel oxen.
A king's salvation is not in the power of his army; a strong man does not get free by his great strength.
A horse is a false hope; his great power will not make any man free from danger.
I was searching for the Lord, and he gave ear to my voice, and made me free from all my fears.
Make me free from all my sins; do not let me be shamed by the man of evil behaviour.
Make me free from sin with hyssop: let me be washed whiter than snow.
Give me back the joy of your salvation; let a free spirit be my support.
Freely will I make my offerings to you; I will give praise to your name, O Lord, for it is good.
By evil-doing they will not get free from punishment. In wrath, O God, let the peoples be made low.
Those who are without friends, God puts in families; he makes free those who are in chains; but those who are turned away from him are given a dry land.
You, O God, did freely send the rain, giving strength to the weariness of your heritage.
He will keep their souls free from evil designs and violent attacks; and their blood will be of value in his eyes.
With your arm you have made your people free, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. (Selah.)
Let the cry of the prisoner come before you; with your strong arm make free the children of death;
I took the weight from his back; his hands were made free from the baskets.
You gave a cry in your trouble, and I made you free; I gave you an answer in the secret place of the thunder; I put you to the test at the waters of Meribah. (Selah.)
When his cry comes up to me, I will give him an answer: I will be with him in trouble; I will make him free from danger and give him honour.
Hearing the cry of the prisoner, making free those for whom death is ordered;
The king sent men to take off his chains; even the ruler of the people, who let him go free.
Again and again he made them free; but their hearts were turned against his purpose, and they were overcome by their sins.
All is well for the man who is kind and gives freely to others; he will make good his cause when he is judged.
I will go quickly in the way of your teaching, because you have given me a free heart.
Take, O Lord, the free offerings of my mouth, and give me knowledge of your decisions.
Make me free from the cruel rule of man; then I will keep your orders.
Our soul has gone free like a bird out of the net of those who would take her: the net is broken, and we are free.
O Jah, if you took note of every sin, who would go free?
And he will make Israel free from all his sins.
Let the sinners be taken in the nets which they themselves have put down, while I go free.
Put out your hand from on high; make me free, take me safely out of the great waters, and out of the hands of strange men;
Make me free, and take me out of the hands of strange men, in whose mouths are false words, and whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.
Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;
Do this, my son, and make yourself free, because you have come into the power of your neighbour; go without waiting, and make a strong request to your neighbour.
Make yourself free, like the roe from the hand of the archer, and the bird from him who puts a net for her.
So it is with him who goes in to his neighbour's wife; he who has anything to do with her will not go free from punishment.
Certainly the evil-doer will not go free from punishment, but the seed of the upright man will be safe.
A man may give freely, and still his wealth will be increased; and another may keep back more than is right, but only comes to be in need.
Everyone who has pride in his heart is disgusting to the Lord: he will certainly not go free from punishment.
Whoever makes sport of the poor puts shame on his Maker; and he who is glad because of trouble will not go free from punishment.
A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.
Who is able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am free from my sin?
Even a child may be judged by his doings, if his work is free from sin and if it is right.
All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.
A man of good faith will have great blessing, but one attempting to get wealth quickly will not go free from punishment.
There is a generation who seem to themselves to be free from sin, but are not washed from their unclean ways.
It is good to take this in your hand and not to keep your hand from that; he who has the fear of God will be free of the two.
There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.
And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.
No man has authority over the wind, to keep the wind; or is ruler over the day of his death. In war no man's time is free, and evil will not keep the sinner safe.
And in the place of sweet spices will be an evil smell, and for a fair band a thick cord; for a well-dressed head there will be the cutting-off of the hair, and for a beautiful robe there will be the clothing of sorrow; the mark of the prisoner in place of the ornaments of the free.
And it will be a sign and a witness to the Lord of armies in the land of Egypt: when they are crying out to the Lord because of their cruel masters, then he will send them a saviour and a strong one to make them free.
And it will be that he who goes in flight from the sound of fear will be overtaken by death; and he who gets free from death will be taken in the net: for the windows on high are open, and the bases of the earth are shaking.
And the oxen and the young asses which are used for ploughing, will have salted grain which has been made free from the waste with fork and basket.
Even those whom he has made free, will come back again; they will come with songs to Zion; on their heads will be eternal joy; delight and joy will be theirs, and sorrow and sounds of grief will be gone for ever.
Do not give ear to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says, Make peace with me, and come out to me; and everyone will be free to take the fruit of his vine and of his fig-tree, and the water of his spring;
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