16  Draw near to me, hear this:

from the beginning I ^xhave not spoken in secret,

from the time it came to be I have been there.”

And now the Lord God has sent me, and his Spirit.

1  ^uThe Spirit of the Lord God is ^vupon me,

because the Lord has ^wanointed me

to bring ^xgood news to the poor;¹

he has sent me to ^ybind up the brokenhearted,

to proclaim liberty to the captives,

and ^zthe opening of the prison to those who are bound;²