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19 For he will look down from his sanctuary above;[a]
from heaven the Lord will look toward earth,[b]
20 in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners,
and to set free those condemned to die,[c]
21 so they may proclaim the name of the Lord in Zion,
and praise him[d] in Jerusalem,

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 102:19 tn Heb “from the height of his sanctuary.”
  2. Psalm 102:19 tn The perfect verbal forms in v. 19 are functioning as future perfects, indicating future actions that will precede the future developments described in v. 18.
  3. Psalm 102:20 tn Heb “the sons of death.” The phrase “sons of death” (see also Ps 79:11) is idiomatic for those condemned to die.
  4. Psalm 102:21 tn Heb “his praise.”