Psalms 102:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to release those appointed to death,

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  • Ps 79:11 : 11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before You; according to the greatness of Your power, preserve those appointed to die;
  • Ps 146:7 : 7 Who executes judgment for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners:
  • Isa 14:17 : 17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed its cities; who did not open the house of his prisoners?
  • Isa 61:1-3 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; 3 To appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give 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.
  • Jer 51:32-35 : 32 And that the passages are blocked, the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are terrified. 33 For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor; it is time to thresh her; yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come. 34 Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed me, he has made me an empty vessel; he has swallowed me up like a monster, he has filled his belly with my delicacies, he has thrown me out. 35 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.
  • Zech 9:9-9 : 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, your King comes to you: he is just, and endowed with salvation; lowly, and riding upon a donkey, and upon a colt the foal of a donkey. 10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace to the nations: and his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth. 11 As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant I have sent forth your prisoners out of the pit where there is no water. 12 Return to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope: even today I declare that I will restore double to you;
  • Acts 12:6-9 : 6 And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and the guards before the door were keeping the prison. 7 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison. He struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, 'Arise quickly!' And his chains fell off his hands. 8 And the angel said to him, 'Get dressed and put on your sandals.' And he did so. And he said to him, 'Wrap your cloak around yourself and follow me.' 9 And he went out and followed him, and did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision. 10 When they had passed the first and the second guard posts, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened to them by itself; and they went out and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him. 11 And when Peter had come to himself, he said, 'Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel, and has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jewish people.'
  • Eph 2:2-3 : 2 In which in times past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience: 3 Among whom also we all had our conduct 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.
  • Exod 2:23-25 : 23 Now it happened, in the process of time, that the king of Egypt died. The children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage. 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect for them.
  • Exod 3:7 : 7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows;
  • 2 Kgs 13:4 : 4 Jehoahaz sought the LORD, and the LORD listened to him, for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
  • 2 Kgs 13:22-23 : 22 Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. 23 The LORD was gracious to them, had compassion on them, and had regard for them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and he would not destroy them, nor cast them from his presence as yet.
  • 2 Chr 33:11-13 : 11 Therefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh among the thorns, bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon. 12 And when he was in distress, he sought the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. 13 And he prayed to him, and he was entreated of him and heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD was God.
  • Job 24:12 : 12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded cries out, yet God does not charge them with folly.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 79:11
    82%

    11Let the sighing of the prisoner come before You; according to the greatness of Your power, preserve those appointed to die;

  • Ps 102:21
    78%

    21To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem,

  • Isa 42:7
    75%

    7To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison house.

  • Ps 146:7
    75%

    7Who executes judgment for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners:

  • Ps 69:33
    74%

    33For the LORD hears the poor and does not despise his prisoners.

  • Ps 102:19
    74%

    19For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven the LORD viewed the earth,

  • Isa 51:14
    74%

    14The captive exile hastens to be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

  • Job 3:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18There the prisoners rest together; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

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

  • Ps 107:10
    73%

    10Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

  • Ps 102:1
    73%

    1Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come to you.

  • Isa 14:17
    72%

    17That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed its cities; who did not open the house of his prisoners?

  • Job 36:15
    72%

    15He delivers the poor in his affliction, and opens their ears in oppression.

  • Ps 105:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tested him.

    20The king sent and released him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.

  • Ps 9:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12When he avenges blood, he remembers them; he does not forget the cry of the humble.

    13Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer from those who hate me, you who lift me up from the gates of death:

  • Ps 130:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1Out of the depths I have cried to you, O LORD.

    2Lord, hear my voice; let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.

  • Ps 142:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I.

    7Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise Your name; the righteous shall surround me, for You shall deal bountifully with me.

  • Jer 20:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12But, O LORD of hosts, who tests the righteous, and sees the reins and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them: for to you have I opened my cause.

    13Sing to the LORD, praise the LORD: for he has delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.

  • Lam 1:20-22
    3 verses
    70%

    20Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my heart is troubled; my heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaves, at home there is as death.

    21They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it: you will bring the day that you have promised, and they shall be like me.

    22Let all their wickedness come before you; and do unto them, as you have done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.

  • Prov 31:8
    70%

    8Speak for those who cannot speak, in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

  • Ps 10:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart; You will cause Your ear to hear,

    18To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may oppress no more.

  • Isa 42:22
    70%

    22But this is a people robbed and plundered; they are all of them trapped in holes, and they are hidden in prison houses: they are for a prey, and no one delivers; for a plunder, and no one says, 'Restore.'

  • Ps 33:19
    70%

    19to deliver their soul from death and to keep them alive in famine.

  • Ps 149:8
    70%

    8To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

  • Isa 61:1
    70%

    1The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

  • Ps 102:17
    69%

    17He will regard the prayer of the destitute and not despise their prayer.

  • Lam 3:34
    69%

    34To crush under His feet all the prisoners of the earth,

  • Ps 34:17
    69%

    17The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them, and delivers them out of all their troubles.

  • Isa 49:9
    69%

    9That you may say to the prisoners, Go forth; to those who are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.

  • Job 34:28
    69%

    28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come to Him, and He hears the cry of the afflicted.

  • Job 36:8
    69%

    8And if they are bound in chains, and held in cords of affliction;

  • Ps 102:5
    69%

    5Because of the voice of my groaning, my bones cling to my skin.

  • Ps 107:14
    69%

    14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands apart.

  • Prov 24:11
    69%

    11If you hold back from rescuing those taken away to death, and those ready to be slain;

  • Ps 55:2
    69%

    2Attend to me, and hear me; I mourn in my complaint and make a noise,

  • Ps 103:6
    69%

    6The LORD executes righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

  • Ps 82:4
    69%

    4Deliver the poor and needy; rescue them from the hand of the wicked.

  • Ps 116:3
    68%

    3The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the pains of hell took hold of me: I found trouble and sorrow.

  • Ps 61:1
    68%

    1Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.

  • Isa 24:22
    68%

    22And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days they shall be visited.

  • 2 Sam 22:6
    68%

    6The sorrows of hell surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me;

  • Ps 20:9
    68%

    9Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.