¹⁷ The cry of the upright comes before the Lord, and he takes them out of all their troubles.

²⁴ And before they make their request I will give an answer, and while they are still making prayer to me, I will give ear.

⁶ This poor man's cry came before the Lord, and he gave him salvation from all his troubles.

¹⁵ 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.

¹⁸ The Lord is near all those who give honour to his name; even to all who give honour to him with true hearts.

¹⁹ To his worshippers, he will give their desire; their cry comes to his ears, and he gives them salvation.

²⁰ The Lord will keep all his worshippers from danger; but he will send destruction on all sinners.

²⁰ And Hezekiah the king, and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, made prayer because of this, crying out to heaven.

²¹ And the Lord sent an angel who put to death all the men of war and the chiefs and the captains in the army of the king of Assyria. So he went back to his country in shame. And when he came into the house of his god, his sons, the offspring of his body, put him to death there with the sword.

²⁴ In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death; and he made prayer to the Lord, and the Lord in answer gave him a sign.

¹⁵ The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry.

¹⁹ Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.

⁵ So Peter was kept in prison: but the church made strong prayer to God for him.

⁶ And when Herod was about to take him out, the same night Peter was sleeping in chains between two armed men, and the watchmen were keeping watch before the door of the prison.

⁷ And a great light was seen shining in the room, and an angel of the Lord came to Peter and, touching him on his side so that he came out of his sleep, said, Get up quickly. And his chains came off his hands.

⁸ Then the angel said, Put on your shoes and get ready to go. And he did so. And he said, Put your coat round you and come with me.

⁹ And he went out after him; and he was not certain if what was done by the angel was a fact, for it seemed to him that he was seeing a vision.

¹⁰ And when they had gone past the first and second watchmen they came to the iron door into the town, which came open by itself: and they went out and down one street; and then the angel went away.

¹¹ And when Peter came to his senses he said, Now, truly, I am certain that the Lord has sent his angel and taken me out of the hands of Herod, against all the hopes of the Jews.