Psalm 102:20

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

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

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.”