Psalms 102:20

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in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners, and to set free those condemned to die,

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 79:11 : 11 Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die!
  • Ps 146:7 : 7 vindicates the oppressed, and gives food to the hungry. The LORD releases the imprisoned.
  • Isa 14:17 : 17 Is this the one who made the world like a wilderness, who ruined its cities, and refused to free his prisoners so they could return home?”’
  • Isa 61:1-3 : 1 The Lord Will Rejuvenate His People The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is upon me, because the LORD has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners, 2 to announce the year when the LORD will show his favor, the day when our God will seek vengeance, to console all who mourn, 3 to strengthen those who mourn in Zion, by giving them a turban, instead of ashes, oil symbolizing joy, instead of mourning, a garment symbolizing praise, instead of discouragement. They will be called oaks of righteousness, trees planted by the LORD to reveal his splendor.
  • Jer 51:32-35 : 32 They will report that the fords have been captured, the reed marshes have been burned, the soldiers are terrified. 33 For the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel says,‘Fair Babylon will be like a threshing floor which has been trampled flat for harvest. The time for her to be cut down and harvested will come very soon.’ 34 “King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon devoured me and drove my people out. Like a monster from the deep he swallowed me. He filled his belly with my riches. He made me an empty dish. He completely cleaned me out.” 35 The person who lives in Zion says,“May Babylon pay for the violence done to me and to my relatives.” Jerusalem says,“May those living in Babylonia pay for the bloodshed of my people.”
  • Zech 9:9-9 : 9 Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Look! Your king is coming to you: he is legitimate and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey– on a young donkey, the foal of a female donkey. 10 I will remove the chariot from Ephraim and the warhorse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow will be removed. Then he will announce peace to the nations. His dominion will be from sea to sea and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth. 11 Moreover, as for you, because of our covenant relationship secured with blood, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit. 12 Return to the stronghold, you prisoners, with hope; today I declare that I will return double what was taken from you.
  • Acts 12:6-9 : 6 On that very night before Herod was going to bring him out for trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while guards in front of the door were keeping watch over the prison. 7 Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the prison cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up, saying,“Get up quickly!” And the chains fell off Peter’s wrists. 8 The angel said to him,“Fasten your belt and put on your sandals.” Peter did so. Then the angel said to him,“Put on your cloak and follow me.” 9 Peter went out and followed him; he did not realize that what was happening through the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision. 10 After they had passed the first and second guards, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went outside and walked down one narrow street, when at once the angel left him. 11 When Peter came to himself, he said,“Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from everything the Jewish people were expecting to happen.”
  • Eph 2:2-3 : 2 in which you formerly lived according to this world’s present path, according to the ruler of the domain of the air, the ruler of the spirit that is now energizing the sons of disobedience, 3 among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest…
  • Exod 2:23-25 : 23 The Call of the Deliverer During that long period of time the king of Egypt died, and the Israelites groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out, and their desperate cry because of their slave labor went up to God. 24 God heard their groaning, God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob, 25 God saw the Israelites, and God understood.
  • Exod 3:7 : 7 The LORD said,“I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt. I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
  • 2 Kgs 13:4 : 4 Jehoahaz asked for the LORD’s mercy and the LORD responded favorably, for he saw that Israel was oppressed by the king of Syria.
  • 2 Kgs 13:22-23 : 22 Now King Hazael of Syria oppressed Israel throughout Jehoahaz’s reign. 23 But the LORD had mercy on them and felt pity for them. He extended his favor to them because of the promise he had made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He has been unwilling to destroy them or remove them from his presence to this very day.
  • 2 Chr 33:11-13 : 11 So the LORD brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They seized Manasseh, put hooks in his nose, bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon. 12 In his pain Manasseh asked the LORD his God for mercy and truly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors. 13 When he prayed to the LORD, the LORD responded to him and answered favorably his cry for mercy. The LORD brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh realized that the LORD is the true God.
  • Job 24:12 : 12 From the city the dying groan, and the wounded cry out for help, but God charges no one with wrongdoing.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 79:11
    82%

    11Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die!

  • Ps 102:21
    78%

    21so they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion, and praise him in Jerusalem,

  • Isa 42:7
    75%

    7to open blind eyes, to release prisoners from dungeons, those who live in darkness from prisons.

  • Ps 146:7
    75%

    7vindicates the oppressed, and gives food to the hungry. The LORD releases the imprisoned.

  • Ps 69:33
    74%

    33For the LORD listens to the needy; he does not despise his captive people.

  • Ps 102:19
    74%

    19For he will look down from his sanctuary above; from heaven the LORD will look toward earth,

  • Isa 51:14
    74%

    14The one who suffers will soon be released; he will not die in prison, he will not go hungry.

  • Job 3:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

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

    19Small and great are there, and the slave is free from his master.

  • Ps 107:10
    73%

    10They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,

  • Ps 102:1
    73%

    1The prayer of an oppressed man, as he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. O LORD, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help!

  • Isa 14:17
    72%

    17Is this the one who made the world like a wilderness, who ruined its cities, and refused to free his prisoners so they could return home?”’

  • Job 36:15
    72%

    15He delivers the afflicted by their afflictions, he reveals himself to them by their suffering.

  • Ps 105:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19until the time when his prediction came true. The LORD’s word proved him right.

    20The king authorized his release; the ruler of nations set him free.

  • Ps 9:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12For the one who takes revenge against murderers took notice of the oppressed; he did not overlook their cry for help

    13when they prayed:“Have mercy on me, LORD! See how I am oppressed by those who hate me, O one who can snatch me away from the gates of death!

  • Ps 130:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1A song of ascents. From the deep water I cry out to you, O LORD.

    2O Lord, listen to me! Pay attention to my plea for mercy!

  • Ps 142:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6Listen to my cry for help, for I am in serious trouble! Rescue me from those who chase me, for they are stronger than I am.

    7Free me from prison, that I may give thanks to your name. Because of me the godly will assemble, for you will vindicate me.

  • Jer 20:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, you test and prove the righteous. You see into people’s hearts and minds. Pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause.

    13Sing to the LORD! Praise the LORD! For he rescues the oppressed from the clutches of evildoers.

  • Lam 1:20-22
    3 verses
    70%

    20ר(Resh) Look, O LORD! I am distressed; my stomach is in knots! My heart is pounding inside me. Yes, I was terribly rebellious! Out in the street the sword bereaves a mother of her children; Inside the house death is present.

    21ש(Sin/Shin) They have heard that I groan, yet there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have brought it about. Bring about the day of judgment that you promised so that they may end up like me!

    22ת(Tav) Let all their wickedness come before you; afflict them just as you have afflicted me because of all my acts of rebellion. For my groans are many, and my heart is sick with sorrow.

  • Prov 31:8
    70%

    8Open your mouth on behalf of those unable to speak, for the legal rights of all the dying.

  • Ps 10:17-18
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    17LORD, you have heard the request of the oppressed; you make them feel secure because you listen to their prayer.

    18You defend the fatherless and oppressed, so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them.

  • Isa 42:22
    70%

    22But these people are looted and plundered; all of them are trapped in pits and held captive in prisons. They were carried away as loot with no one to rescue them; they were carried away as plunder, and no one says,“Bring that back!”

  • Ps 33:19
    70%

    19by saving their lives from death and sustaining them during times of famine.

  • Ps 149:8
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    8They bind their kings in chains, and their nobles in iron shackles,

  • Isa 61:1
    70%

    1The Lord Will Rejuvenate His People The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is upon me, because the LORD has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,

  • Ps 102:17
    69%

    17when he responds to the prayer of the destitute, and does not reject their request.

  • Lam 3:34
    69%

    34ל(Lamed) To crush underfoot all the earth’s prisoners,

  • Ps 34:17
    69%

    17The godly cry out and the LORD hears; he saves them from all their troubles.

  • Isa 49:9
    69%

    9You will say to the prisoners,‘Come out,’ and to those who are in dark dungeons,‘Emerge.’ They will graze beside the roads; on all the slopes they will find pasture.

  • Job 34:28
    69%

    28so that they caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he hears the cry of the needy.

  • Job 36:8
    69%

    8But if they are bound in chains, and held captive by the cords of affliction,

  • Ps 102:5
    69%

    5Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin.

  • Ps 107:14
    69%

    14He brought them out of the utter darkness, and tore off their shackles.

  • Prov 24:11
    69%

    11Deliver those being taken away to death, and hold back those slipping to the slaughter.

  • Ps 55:2
    69%

    2Pay attention to me and answer me! I am so upset and distressed, I am beside myself,

  • Ps 103:6
    69%

    6The LORD does what is fair, and executes justice for all the oppressed.

  • Ps 82:4
    69%

    4Rescue the poor and needy! Deliver them from the power of the wicked!

  • Ps 116:3
    68%

    3The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.

  • Ps 61:1
    68%

    1For the music director; to be played on a stringed instrument; written by David. O God, hear my cry for help! Pay attention to my prayer!

  • Isa 24:22
    68%

    22They will be imprisoned in a pit, locked up in a prison, and after staying there for a long time, they will be punished.

  • 2 Sam 22:6
    68%

    6The ropes of Sheol tightened around me; the snares of death trapped me.

  • Ps 20:9
    68%

    9The LORD will deliver the king; he will answer us when we call to him for help!