10 There were those who inhabited darkness and the shadow of death,
Prisoners in affliction and irons,
11 Because they had rebelled against the words of God
And spurned the counsel of the Most High.
12 So He subdued their heart with labor;
They stumbled and there was none to help.
13 Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble;
He saved them out of their distresses.
14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death
And broke their bands apart.
15 Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness,
And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men!
16 For He has shattered the doors of bronze
And cut through the bars of iron.