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¹⁶When he summoned famine against the land, and broke every staff of bread,

¹⁷he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

¹⁸His feet were hurt with fetters, his neck was put in a collar of iron;

¹⁹until what he had said came to pass, the word of the Lord kept testing him.

²⁰The king sent and released him; the ruler of the peoples set him free.

²¹He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possessions,

²²to instruct his officials at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.

⁴I sought the Lord, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

⁵Look to him, and be radiant; so your faces shall never be ashamed.

⁶This poor soul cried, and was heard by the Lord, and was saved from every trouble.