⁷ And the Lord said: ^(A)“I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry ^(B)because of their taskmasters, ^(C)for I know their ^[a]sorrows.

⁹ Now therefore, behold, ^(A)the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I have also seen the ^(B)oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

¹⁸ And when the Lord raised up judges for them, ^(A)the Lord was with the judge and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; ^(B)for the Lord was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed them and harassed them.

²⁶ For the Lord ^(A)saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter; and whether bond or free, ^(B)there was no helper for Israel.