Psalms 102:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Hearing the cry of the prisoner, making free those for whom death is ordered;

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  • Ps 79:11 : 11 Let the cry of the prisoner come before you; with your strong arm make free the children of death;
  • Ps 146:7 : 7 Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;
  • Isa 14:17 : 17 Who made the world a waste, overturning its towns; who did not let his prisoners loose from the prison-house.
  • Isa 61:1-3 : 1 The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again; 2 To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure has come, and the day of punishment from our God; to give comfort to all who are sad; 3 To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.
  • Jer 51:32-35 : 32 And the ways across the river have been taken, and the water-holes ... burned with fire, and the men of war are in the grip of fear. 33 For these are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a grain-floor when it is stamped down; before long, the time of her grain-cutting will come. 34 Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, has made a meal of me, violently crushing me, he has made me a vessel with nothing in it, he has taken me in his mouth like a dragon, he has made his stomach full with my delicate flesh, crushing me with his teeth. 35 May the violent things done to me, and my downfall, come on Babylon, the daughter of Zion will say; and, May my blood be on the people of Chaldaea, Jerusalem will say.
  • Zech 9:9-9 : 9 Be full of joy, O daughter of Zion; give a glad cry, O daughter of Jerusalem: see, your king comes to you: he is upright and has overcome; gentle and seated on an ass, on a young ass. 10 And he will have the war-carriage cut off from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be cut off: and he will say words of peace to the nations: and his rule will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth. 11 And as for you, because of the blood of your agreement, I have sent out your prisoners from the deep hole in which there is no water. 12 And they will come back to you, O daughter of Zion, as prisoners of hope: today I say to you that I will give you back twice as much;
  • Acts 12:6-9 : 6 And when Herod was about to take him out, the same night Peter was sleeping in chains between two armed men, and the watchmen were keeping watch before the door of the prison. 7 And a great light was seen shining in the room, and an angel of the Lord came to Peter and, touching him on his side so that he came out of his sleep, said, Get up quickly. And his chains came off his hands. 8 Then the angel said, Put on your shoes and get ready to go. And he did so. And he said, Put your coat round you and come with me. 9 And he went out after him; and he was not certain if what was done by the angel was a fact, for it seemed to him that he was seeing a vision. 10 And when they had gone past the first and second watchmen they came to the iron door into the town, which came open by itself: and they went out and down one street; and then the angel went away. 11 And when Peter came to his senses he said, Now, truly, I am certain that the Lord has sent his angel and taken me out of the hands of Herod, against all the hopes of the Jews.
  • Eph 2:2-3 : 2 In which you were living in the past, after the ways of this present world, doing the pleasure of the lord of the power of the air, the spirit who is now working in those who go against the purpose of God; 3 Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest.
  • Exod 2:23-25 : 23 Now after a long time the king of Egypt came to his end: and the children of Israel were crying in their grief under the weight of their work, and their cry for help came to the ears of God. 24 And at the sound of their weeping the agreement which God had made with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob came to his mind. 25 And God's eyes were turned to the children of Israel and he gave them the knowledge of himself.
  • Exod 3:7 : 7 And God said, Truly, I have seen the grief of my people in Egypt, and their cry because of their cruel masters has come to my ears; for I have knowledge of their sorrows;
  • 2 Kgs 13:4 : 4 Then Jehoahaz made prayer to the Lord, and the Lord gave ear to him, for he saw how cruelly Israel was crushed by the king of Aram.
  • 2 Kgs 13:22-23 : 22 And Israel was crushed under the power of Hazael, king of Aram, all the days of Jehoahaz. 23 But the Lord was kind to them and had pity on them, caring for them, because of his agreement with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; he would not put them to destruction or send them away from before his face till now.
  • 2 Chr 33:11-13 : 11 So the Lord sent against them the captains of the army of Assyria, who made Manasseh a prisoner and took him away in chains to Babylon. 12 And crying out to the Lord his God in his trouble, he made himself low before the God of his fathers, 13 And made prayer to him; and in answer to his prayer God let him come back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh was certain that the Lord was God.
  • Job 24:12 : 12 From the town come sounds of pain from those who are near death, and the soul of the wounded is crying out for help; but God does not take note of their prayer.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 79:11
    82%

    11Let the cry of the prisoner come before you; with your strong arm make free the children of death;

  • Ps 102:21
    78%

    21So that they may give out the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

  • Isa 42:7
    75%

    7To give eyes to the blind, to make free the prisoners from the prison, to let out those who are shut up in the dark.

  • Ps 146:7
    75%

    7Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;

  • Ps 69:33
    74%

    33For the ears of the Lord are open to the poor, and he takes thought for his prisoners.

  • Ps 102:19
    74%

    19For from his holy place the Lord has seen, looking down on the earth from heaven;

  • Isa 51:14
    74%

    14The prisoner, bent under his chain, will quickly be made free, and will not go down into the underworld, and his bread will not come to an end.

  • Job 3:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18There the prisoners are at peace together; the voice of the overseer comes not again to their ears.

    19The small and the great are there, and the servant is free from his master.

  • Ps 107:10
    73%

    10Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;

  • Ps 102:1
    73%

    1<A Prayer of the man who is in trouble, when he is overcome, and puts his grief before the Lord.> Give ear to my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to you.

  • Isa 14:17
    72%

    17Who made the world a waste, overturning its towns; who did not let his prisoners loose from the prison-house.

  • Job 36:15
    72%

    15He makes the wrong done to the poor the way of their salvation, opening their ears by their trouble.

  • Ps 105:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19Till the time when his word came true; he was tested by the word of the Lord.

    20The king sent men to take off his chains; even the ruler of the people, who let him go free.

  • Ps 9:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.

    13Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how I am troubled by my haters; let me be lifted up from the doors of death;

  • Ps 130:1-2
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    71%

    1<A Song of the going up.> Out of the deep have I sent up my cry to you, O Lord.

    2Lord, let my voice come before you: let your ears be awake to the voice of my prayer.

  • Ps 142:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6Give ear to my cry, for I am made very low: take me out of the hands of my haters, for they are stronger than I.

    7Take my soul out of prison, so that I may give praise to your name: the upright will give praise because of me; for you have given me a full reward.

  • Jer 20:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12But, O Lord of armies, testing the upright and seeing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them; for I have put my cause before you.

    13Make melody to the Lord, give praise to the Lord: for he has made the soul of the poor man free from the hands of the evil-doers.

  • Lam 1:20-22
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    70%

    20See, O Lord, for I am in trouble; the inmost parts of my body are deeply moved; my heart is turned in me; for I have been uncontrolled: outside the children are put to the sword, and in the house there is death.

    21Give ear to the voice of my grief; I have no comforter; all my haters have news of my troubles, they are glad because you have done it: let the day of fate come when they will be like me.

    22Let all their evil-doing come before you; do to them as you have done to me for all my sins: for loud is the sound of my grief, and the strength of my heart is gone.

  • Prov 31:8
    70%

    8Let your mouth be open for those who have no voice, in the cause of those who are ready for death.

  • Ps 10:17-18
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    70%

    17Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing:

    18To give decision for the child without a father and for the broken-hearted, so that the man of the earth may no longer be feared.

  • Isa 42:22
    70%

    22But this is a people whose property has been taken away from them by force; they are all taken in holes, and shut up in prisons: they are made prisoners, and no one makes them free; they are taken by force and no one says, Give them back.

  • Ps 33:19
    70%

    19To keep their souls from death; and to keep them living in time of need.

  • Ps 149:8
    70%

    8To put their kings in chains, and their rulers in bands of iron;

  • Isa 61:1
    70%

    1The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;

  • Ps 102:17
    69%

    17When he has given ear to the prayer of the poor, and has not put his request on one side.

  • Lam 3:34
    69%

    34In a man's crushing under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

  • Ps 34:17
    69%

    17The cry of the upright comes before the Lord, and he takes them out of all their troubles.

  • Isa 49:9
    69%

    9Saying to those who are in chains, Go free; to those who are in the dark, Come out into the light. They will get food by the way wherever they go, and have grass-lands on all the dry mountain-tops.

  • Job 34:28
    69%

    28So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.

  • Job 36:8
    69%

    8And if they have been prisoned in chains, and taken in cords of trouble,

  • Ps 102:5
    69%

    5Because of the voice of my sorrow, my flesh is wasted to the bone.

  • Ps 107:14
    69%

    14He took them out of the dark and the black night, and all their chains were broken.

  • Prov 24:11
    69%

    11Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction.

  • Ps 55:2
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    2Give thought to me, and let my prayer be answered: I have been made low in sorrow;

  • Ps 103:6
    69%

    6The Lord gives decisions in righteousness for all who are in trouble.

  • Ps 82:4
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    4Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing: take them out of the hand of the evil-doers.

  • Ps 116:3
    68%

    3The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow.

  • Ps 61:1
    68%

    1<To the chief music-maker. On a corded instrument. Of David.> Let my cry come to you, O God; let your ears be open to my prayer.

  • Isa 24:22
    68%

    22And they will be got together, like prisoners in the prison-house; and after a long time they will have their punishment.

  • 2 Sam 22:6
    68%

    6The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.

  • Ps 20:9
    68%

    9Come to our help, Lord: let the king give ear to our cry.