Psalms 102:20

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 102:20 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 2:23After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
  2. Exodus 3:7The 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.
  3. Deuteronomy 26:15Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.”
  4. 2 Kings 13:4Then Jehoahaz sought the favor of the LORD, and the LORD listened to him because He saw the oppression that the king of Aram had inflicted on Israel.
  5. 2 Kings 13:22And Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel throughout the reign of Jehoahaz.
  6. 2 Chronicles 33:11So 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.
  7. Job 24:12From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.
  8. Psalms 79:11May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.
  9. Psalms 146:7He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
  10. Isaiah 14:17who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”
  11. Isaiah 61:1The 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,
  12. Jeremiah 51:32The fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.”
  13. Zechariah 9:9Rejoice 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.
  14. Acts 12:6On 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.
  15. Ephesians 2:2in 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.

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