Therefore Jehovah brought upon them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze fetters, and carried him off to Babylon.

and prayed to Him; and He was entreated of him, heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh recognized that Jehovah was God.

and call on Me in the day of trouble; and I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.

He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him.

Jehovah, in trouble they have visited You; they have poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon them.

I will go and return to My place until they confess their guilt and seek My face. In their affliction they will seek Me earnestly.

Come, and let us return to Jehovah. For He has torn, and He will heal us. He has stricken, and He will bind us up.

Then we shall know, we who follow on to know Jehovah. His going forth is established as the dawn. And He shall come to us as the rain, as the latter and former rain to the earth.

Is anyone among you afflicted? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms.

Though He slay me, yet will I wait for Him; but I will prove my own ways before Him.

i1 [A Song of Ascents.] i0 par Out of the depths have I cried out to You, O Jehovah;

Lord, hear my voice. Let Your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.

They have cut off my life in the pit, and cast a stone upon me.

I called on Your name, O Jehovah, out of the lowest pit.

Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

And at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.