12. Therefore He bowed down their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled and fell down, and there was none to help.
13. Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses.
14. He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke apart the bonds that held them. [Ps. 68:6; Acts 12:7; 16:26.]
15. Oh, that men would praise [and confess to] the Lord for His goodness and loving-kindness and His wonderful works to the children of men!
16. For He has broken the gates of bronze and cut the bars of iron apart.