¹⁹ He looked down from his holy height. Jehovah gazed upon the earth from heaven. ²⁰ To hear the groaning of the prisoner,
To set free those who were doomed to death,
²¹ Let men tell of the Jehovah's name in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem,

Cross References

Psalm 79:11

Let the groans of prisoners come into your presence. With your powerful arm (according to the greatness of your power) rescue those who are condemned to death.

Psalm 146:7

He executes justice for the oppressed. He gives food to the hungry. Jehovah sets the prisoners free.

Exodus 2:23-25

Time went by and the king of Egypt died. The Israelites still groaned because they were slaves. So they cried out, and their cries for help went up to God.

Exodus 3:7

Jehovah said: I have seen how my people are suffering as slaves in Egypt. I have heard them beg for my help because of the way they are being mistreated. I feel sorry for them.

2 Kings 13:4

Then Jehoahaz prayed to Jehovah. Jehovah listened to him. He saw how cruelly the king of Aram crushed Israel.

2 Kings 13:22-23

Israel was crushed under the power of Hazael, king of Aram, all the days of Jehoahaz.

2 Chronicles 33:11-13

So Jehovah made the army commanders of the king of Assyria invade Judah. They took Manasseh captive, put a hook in his nose, put him in bronze shackles, and brought him to Babylon.

Job 24:12

The dying groan from the city. The throat of the wounded cries for help. Yet God pays no attention to their prayer.

Isaiah 14:17

who made the world like a desert and tore down its cities and did not let his prisoners go home?'

Isaiah 61:1-3

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah is upon me, because Jehovah has anointed me to announce good news to the lowly and meek. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to prisoners.

Jeremiah 51:32-35

The river crossings have been taken. The enemy has burned its marshes, and its soldiers are terrified.

Zechariah 9:9-12

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king comes to you! He is righteous having salvation. He is humble, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the son of a she ass.

Acts 12:6-11

It was the night before Herod was to bring him to trial. Peter was sleeping between two soldiers. He was bound with two chains. Sentries stood guard at the prison door.

Ephesians 2:2-3

You once walked according to the course of this world, according to the ruler of the power (authority and jurisdiction) of the air, the spirit that is now active in the sons of disobedience.