Psalms 102:20
They will know that you hear prisoners groaning and that you will set free those who have been told, “You will be executed.”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
In Context
21As a result, people in Jerusalem will praise you [DOU] for what you have done
Cross References
Exodus 2:23Many years later the king of Egypt died. The Israeli people in Egypt were still groaning because of the hard work they had to do as slaves. They called out for someone to help them, and God heard them call out [PRS].
Deuteronomy 26:15So please look down from your holy place in heaven, and bless us, your Israeli people. Also bless this very fertile [IDM] land which you have given to us, which is what you promised our ancestors that you would do.’
2 Kings 13:22King Hazael of Syria sent soldiers to oppress the Israeli people all during the years that Jehoahaz ruled Judah.
Job 24:12In the cities, people who are wounded and dying cry out to God for help, but God does not heed their prayers.
Psalms 146:7He decides matters fairly for those who are ◄treated unfairly/oppressed►, and he provides food for those who are hungry. He frees those who are in prison.
Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of Yahweh our Lord is on me; he has appointed [MTY] me to bring good news to those who are oppressed, to comfort those who are discouraged, to free all those who are as though they are chained/tied [DOU] by the wrong things that they continually do.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 102:13-23
The Future Glory of Zion. 12 But thou, O Lord , shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations. 13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. 14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. 15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord , and all the kings of the earth thy glory. 16 When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. 17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise… Read the whole commentary →