Psalms Chapter 102 verse 20 Holy Bible
To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death;
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Hearing the cry of the prisoner, making free those for whom death is ordered;
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To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to loose those that are appointed to die;
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To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
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To hear the groans of the prisoner; To free those who are condemned to death;
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To hear the groan of the prisoner, To loose sons of death,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - To hear the groaning of the prisoner (see Exodus 2:24, "God heard their groaning;" and comp. Exodus 3:7; Exodus 6:5). To loose those that are appointed to death; literally, the sons of death (comp. Psalm 79:11). Captive Israel regarded its life in Babylon as little better than death (see Ezekiel 37:11).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20, 21) Comp. Isaiah 61:1-2, and generally the whole magnificent cycle of prophetic songs at the close of Isaiah.Appointed to death.--See margin. LXX. and Vulg., "the sons of the slain."