King James Version
Psalms 102:20 in the King James Version says “To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; those: Heb. the children of death” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 102 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; those: Heb. the children of death”
Psalms 102:20 · KJV
This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; those: Heb. the children of 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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“To hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“to loose”
H6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
“those that are appointed”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
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