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Psalms 102:20

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To set free those who were doomed to death,
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— To hear the sighing of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death;
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to loose those that are appointed to die;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To set free, them who were appointed to death.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— To hear the groan of the prisoner, To loose sons of death,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— That he might hear the groans of them that are in fetters: that he might release the children of the slain:
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— That he might heare the mourning of the prisoner, and deliuer the children of death:
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— To heare the groning of the prisoner: to loose those that are appointed to death:
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to loose those that are appointed to death,
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— to hear the groaning of the fettered ones, to loosen the sons of the slain;
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
To hear 8085
{8085} Prime
שָׁמַע
shama`
{shaw-mah'}
A primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively to tell, etc.).
z8800
<8800> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Infinitive (See H8812)
Count - 4888
the groaning 603
{0603} Prime
אֲנָקָה
'anaqah
{an-aw-kaw'}
From H0602; shrieking.
of the prisoner; 615
{0615} Prime
אָסִיר
'aciyr
{aw-sere'}
From H0631; bound, that is, a captive.
to loose 6605
{6605} Prime
פָּתַח
pathach
{paw-thakh'}
A primitive root; to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically to loosen, begin, plough, carve.
z8763
<8763> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Infinitive (See H8812)
Count - 790
those that are appointed 1121
{1121} Prime
בֵּן
ben
{bane}
From H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H0001, H0251, etc.).
to death; 8546
{8546} Prime
תְּמוּתָה
t@muwthah
{tem-oo-thaw'}
From H4191; execution (as a doom).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 102:19-22.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 102:12-22.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 102:20

To loose — To release his poor captives out of Babylon, and from the chains of sin and eternal destruction.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 102:20

To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are (o) appointed to death;

(o) Who now in their banishment could look for nothing but death.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
To hear:

Psalms 79:11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
Psalms 146:7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
Exodus 2:23-25 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. ... And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto [them].
Exodus 3:7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which [are] in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
2 Kings 13:4 And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
2 Kings 13:22-23 But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. ... And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.
Job 24:12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly [to them].
Isaiah 14:17 [That] made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; [that] opened not the house of his prisoners?
Isaiah 61:1-3 The Spirit of the Lord GOD [is] upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to [them that are] bound; ... To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
Jeremiah 51:34-35 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out. ... The violence done to me and to my flesh [be] upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
Zechariah 9:9-12 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he [is] just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. ... Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare [that] I will render double unto thee;

to loose:

2 Chronicles 33:11-13 Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon. ... And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he [was] God.
Jeremiah 51:32-34 And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted. ... Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
Acts 12:6-11 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison. ... And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and [from] all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

those that are appointed to:
Heb. the children of,
Ephesians 2:2-3 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: ... Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
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Ex 2:23; 3:7. 2K 13:4, 22. 2Ch 33:11. Jb 24:12. Ps 79:11; 146:7. Is 14:17; 61:1. Jr 51:32, 34. Zc 9:9. Ac 12:6. Ep 2:2.

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