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To hear the groans of the prisoner; To free those who are condemned to death;
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God Hears the Hopeless
Commentators like Charles Spurgeon find it delightful that God actively listens not for the songs of the victorious, but for the "groaning of the prisoner." This verse reveals a God who is deeply attentive to the cries of the most desperate and those who feel condemned or "appointed to death," showing His profound compassion.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
To hear the groaning of the prisoner - Meaning here, probably, the captives in Babylon; those who were held as prisoners there, and who were…
19th Century
Anglican
Compare Isaiah 61:1-2, and generally the whole magnificent cycle of prophetic songs at the close of Isaiah.
Appointed to death
Baptist
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 l…
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16th Century
Protestant
To hear the groaning of the prisoner. Here the prophet repeats once more what he had previously touched upon concerning prayer. He does th…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
To hear the groanings of the prisoner Not of a single person only, but of many, who lie in prisons in Popish countri…
We are dying creatures, but God is an everlasting God, the protector of his church; we may be confident that it will not be neglected.
When …
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