Psalm 102:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ To hear the groaning of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ To hear the sighing and groaning of the prisoner, to loose those who are appointed to death,

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death;

Common English Bible

²⁰ to hear the prisoners’ groans, to set free those condemned to death,

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Bless the Lord, all you his Angels: powerful in virtue, doing his word, in order to heed the voice of his discourse.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ Bless the Lord, all ye his angels: you that are mighty in strength, and execute his word, hearkening to the voice of his orders.

Psalm 102:20 Cross References

2 Kings 13:4

But Jehoahaz entreated the Lord, and the Lord heeded him, for he saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Aram oppressed them.

Job 24:12

From the city the dying groan, and the throat of the wounded cries for help; yet God pays no attention to their prayer.

Psalm 146:7

who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the prisoners free;

Psalm 79:11

Let the groans of the prisoners come before you; according to your great power, preserve those doomed to die.

Exodus 3:7

Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters. Indeed, I know their sufferings,

Isaiah 14:17

who made the world like a desert and overthrew its cities, who would not let his prisoners go home?”

Deuteronomy 26:15

Look down from your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless your people Israel and the ground that you have given us, as you swore to our ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey.’