102:20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are {o} appointed to death;
(o) Who now in their banishment could look for nothing but death.
102:20 To loose - To release his poor captives out of Babylon, and from the chains of sin and eternal destruction.
102:12-22 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 we consider our own vileness, our darkness and deadness, and the manifold defects in our prayers, we have cause to fear that they will not be received in heaven; but we are here assured of the contrary, for we have an Advocate with the Father, and are under grace, not under the law. Redemption is the subject of praise in the Christian church; and that great work is described by the temporal deliverance and restoration of Israel. Look down upon us, Lord Jesus; and bring us into the glorious liberty of thy children, that we may bless and praise thy name.
