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Give her me from my persecutors for they are too strong for me than verse seven.

Bring me out of prison that I may give thanks to your name.

The righteous will surround me for you will deal bountifully with me.

Wow, what good verses to guide us to pray for our family.

I don't use that term, brothers and sisters, like we have family members who are in prison right now.

We have family members who are being tormented right now.

We have family members who are in labor camps right now who have armed soldiers around them constantly threatening to them.

And David who writes this Psalm Psalm 142 is is being attacked by soldiers.

He's being pursued by persecutors and he's actually hiding in a cave when he writes this.

So he's not in a literal prison, although it obviously feels like one to him when he says bring me out of prison,

but we're praying for brothers and sisters, our family members who are in prison right now in labor camps right now.

And I just want to encourage us and light up these verses and so many verses all over scripture to make this a continual prayer in your life to pray for our persecuted family that they would know they are not alone that we are with them praying for them standing with them and leading on their behalf.

So let's cry out to God for them right now together.

God, attend to our cries on behalf of our brothers and sisters who are brought very low right now.

We pray for your deliverance from their persecutors for they are too strong for them.

God, we pray knowing that they are not too strong for you because that you are Lord, you are sovereign over persecution and persecutors.

God, I think of specific countries where persecutors are like Saul working to ravage the church.

God, we pray for the salvation of persecutors and those countries.

God, we pray for Saul like conversions today.

God, would you do it today?

Would you hear our cries right now for persecutors and would you save them by your grace?

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