Psalm 102:20 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

More versions

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

Then Jehoahaz besought the Lord, and the Lord hearkened to him; for he saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Syria oppressed them.

Job 24:12

From out of the city the dying groan, and the soul 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 thee; according to thy great power preserve those doomed to die!

Exodus 3:7

Then the Lord said, “I have seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters; I know their sufferings,

Isaiah 14:17

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

Deuteronomy 26:15

Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel and the ground which thou hast given us, as thou didst swear to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.’