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Psalms 102:20-22 - Compare All Versions

Psalms 102:20-22 NIV (New International Version)

to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death.” So the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the LORD.

Psalms 102:20-22 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die, that they may declare in Zion the name of the LORD, and in Jerusalem his praise, when peoples gather together, and kingdoms, to worship the LORD.

Psalms 102:20-22 NLT (New Living Translation)

to hear the groans of the prisoners, to release those condemned to die. And so the LORD’s fame will be celebrated in Zion, his praises in Jerusalem, when multitudes gather together and kingdoms come to worship the LORD.

Psalms 102:20-22 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to set free those condemned to die,  , so that they might declare the name of the  LORD in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem  when peoples and kingdoms are assembled to serve the  LORD.

Psalms 102:20-22 KJV (King James Version)

To hear the groaning of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death; To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, And his praise in Jerusalem; When the people are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.

Psalms 102:20-22 NKJV (New King James Version)

To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To release those appointed to death, To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, And His praise in Jerusalem, When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.

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 102:20-22 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To set free those who were doomed to death, So that people may tell of the name of the LORD in Zion, And His praise in Jerusalem, When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.

Psalms 102:20-22 AMP (Amplified Bible)

To hear the sighing of the prisoner, To set free those who were doomed to death, So that people may declare the name of the LORD in Zion And His praise in Jerusalem, When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.

Psalms 102:20-22 NET (New English Translation)

in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners, and to set free those condemned to die, so they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion, and praise him in Jerusalem, when the nations gather together, and the kingdoms pay tribute to the LORD.