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Psalms 102:20
20To hear the sighing of the prisoner, To set free those who were doomed to death,
Psalms 102:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
- New International Version (NIV)to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die,
- New King James Version (NKJV)To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To release those appointed to death,
Context of Psalms 102:20
18Let this be recorded for the generation to come, That a people yet to be created will praise the Lord. 19For He looked down from His holy height [of His sanctuary], From heaven the Lord gazed on the earth, To hear the sighing of the prisoner, To set free those who were doomed to death, 21So that people may declare the name of the Lord in Zion And His praise in Jerusalem, 22When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.
Read all of Psalms 102Psalms 102:20 word by word
לִ֭שְׁמֹעַ אֶנְקַ֣ת אָסִ֑יר לְ֝פַתֵּ֗חַ בְּנֵ֣י תְמוּתָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 102:20
- Psalms 79:11Let the groaning and sighing of the prisoner come before You; According to the greatness of Your power keep safe those who are doomed to die.
- Psalms 146:7Who executes justice for the oppressed, Who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets free the prisoners.
- Exodus 2:23Now it happened after a long time [about forty years] that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel (Jacob) groaned and sighed because of the bondage, and they cried out. And their cry for help because of their bondage ascended to God.
- Exodus 3:7The Lord said, “I have in fact seen the affliction (suffering, desolation) of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters (oppressors); for I know their pain and suffering.
- 2 Kings 13:4But Jehoahaz sought the favor of the Lord, and the Lord listened to him; for He saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Aram oppressed them.
- Job 24:12From the [populous and crowded] city men groan, And the souls of the wounded cry out for help; Yet God [seemingly] does not pay attention to the wrong [done to them].
- Isaiah 14:17Who made the world like a wilderness And overthrew its cities, Who did not permit his prisoners to return home?’
- Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, Because the Lord has anointed and commissioned me To bring good news to the humble and afflicted; He has sent me to bind up [the wounds of] the brokenhearted, To proclaim release [from confinement and condemnation] to the [physical and spiritual] captives And freedom to prisoners,
- Jeremiah 51:34“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed me, He has set me down like an empty vessel. Like a monster he has swallowed me up, He has filled his belly with my delicacies; He has spit me out and washed me away.
- Zechariah 9:9Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O Daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King (Messianic King) is coming to you; He is righteous and endowed with salvation, Humble and unassuming [in submission to the will of the Father] and riding on a donkey, Upon a colt, the foal of a donkey.
- 2 Chronicles 33:11So the Lord brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against them, and they captured Manasseh with hooks [through his nose or cheeks] and bound him with bronze [chains] and took him to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 51:32And that the fords [across the Euphrates] have been blocked and [the ferries] seized, And they have set the [great] marshes on fire, And the men of war are terrified.
- Acts 12:6The very night before Herod was to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries were in front of the door guarding the prison.
- Ephesians 2:2in which you once walked. You were following the ways of this world [influenced by this present age], in accordance with the prince of the power of the air (Satan), the spirit who is now at work in the disobedient [the unbelieving, who fight against the purposes of God].
Commentaries on Psalms 102:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20To hear the groaning - By sin, all the inhabitants of the earth are miserable. They have broken the Divine laws, are under the arrest of judgment, and all cast into prison, They have been tried, found guilty, and appointed to die; they groan under their chains, are alarmed at the prospect of death, and implore mercy.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20To hear the groaning of the prisoner - Meaning here, probably, the captives in Babylon; those who were held as prisoners there, and who were subjected to such hardships in their long captivity. See the notes at Psalm 79:11. To loose those that are appointed to death - Margin, as in Hebrew, “the children of death.” Compare the notes at Matthew 1:1. This may mean either those who were sentenced to death; those who were sick and ready to die; or those who…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-22Verses 12-22 We are dying creatures, but God is an everlasting God, the protector of his church; we may be confident that it will not be neglected. When we consider our own vileness, our darkness and deadness, and the manifold defects in our prayers, we have cause to fear that they will not be received in heaven; but we are here assured of the contrary, for we have an Advocate with the Father, and are under grace, not under the law. Redemption is the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-22The Lord will show mercy. Both Jews and Gentiles will worship him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-2219-22. For--or, "That," as introducing the statement of God's condescension. A summary of what shall be written. to loose ... appointed--or, "deliver" them (Psa 79:11).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 102
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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