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Psalms 102:20 - Compare All Versions

Psalms 102:18-22 MSG (The Message)

Write this down for the next generation so people not yet born will praise GOD: “GOD looked out from his high holy place; from heaven he surveyed the earth. He listened to the groans of the doomed, he opened the doors of their death cells.” Write it so the story can be told in Zion, so GOD’s praise will be sung in Jerusalem’s streets And wherever people gather together along with their rulers to worship him.

Psalms 102:20 KJV (King James Version)

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

Psalms 102:20 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To set free those who were doomed to death

Psalms 102:20 NCV (New Century Version)

He heard the moans of the prisoners, and he freed those sentenced to die.

Psalms 102:20 ASV (American Standard Version)

To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death

Psalms 102:20 NIV (New International Version)

to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death.”

Psalms 102:20 NKJV (New King James Version)

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

Psalms 102:20 AMP (Amplified Bible)

To hear the sighing of the prisoner, To set free those who were doomed to death

Psalms 102:20 NLT (New Living Translation)

to hear the groans of the prisoners, to release those condemned to die.

Psalms 102:20 TPT (The Passion Translation)

He listened to all the groaning of his people longing to be free, and he set loose the sons of death to experience life.

Psalms 102:20 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die