Psalm 102:20 “to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,”

Psalm 102:20

to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;

World English Bible

to hear the groans of the prisoner, to free those who are condemned to death,

American Standard Version

To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death;

Geneva Bible 1599

That he might heare the mourning of the prisoner, and deliuer the children of death:

Darby Translation

To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to loose those that are appointed to die;

Young's Literal Translation

To hear the groan of the prisoner, To loose sons of death,

Bible in Basic English

Hearing the cry of the prisoner, making free those for whom death is ordered;

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Cross references

“To hear”

Psalm 79:11 Psalm 146:7 Exodus 3:7 Isaiah 61:1–3 Isaiah 14:17 Zechariah 9:9–12

Psalm 79:11 · BSB

May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.

Psalm 146:7 · BSB

He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,

Exodus 3:7 · BSB

The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.

Isaiah 61:1–3 · BSB

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

Isaiah 14:17 · BSB

who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”

Zechariah 9:9–12 · BSB

Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

“to loose”

2 Chronicles 33:11–13 Acts 12:6–11 Jeremiah 51:32–34

2 Chronicles 33:11–13 · BSB

So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

Acts 12:6–11 · BSB

On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.

Jeremiah 51:32–34 · BSB

The fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.”

“those that are appointed to”

Ephesians 2:2 Ephesians 2:3

Ephesians 2:2 · BSB

in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.

Ephesians 2:3 · BSB

All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth

21that they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion and praise Him in Jerusalem,

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