Psalm 146:7 declares 'The LORD sets the prisoners free'—the same action promised here. A clear thematic parallel of divine liberation.

Psalm 79:11 echoes this exact plea: 'Let the groans of the prisoners come before you'—a nearly identical prayer for deliverance.

Psalm 69:33 echoes the same theme: the Lord hears prisoners and does not despise them, reinforcing God's care for the captive.

Psalm 107:14 describes God bringing prisoners out of darkness and breaking bonds, directly paralleling the freeing of the doomed.

Psalm 38:9 expresses that God knows the psalmist's sighing, paralleling the groaning of prisoners heard here.

Psalm 9:18 assures that the needy are not forgotten, echoing the theme of God attending to the oppressed here.

Psalm 72:12 broadens the deliverance to the needy and helpless, sharing the motif of God rescuing the oppressed.

Psalm 147:2 speaks of God gathering outcasts, a related act of restoration though not specifically prisoners.

Zechariah 9:9-12 explicitly promises to free prisoners from the pit, echoing the release of those doomed to die in Psalm 102:20.

Isaiah 61:1-3 proclaims freedom for captives and release for prisoners, directly paralleling God's action in Psalm 102:20.

Acts 12:6-11 shows God sending an angel to free Peter from prison, echoing the promise of loosing prisoners here.

Isaiah 14:17 describes a tyrant who refuses to release prisoners, contrasting with God who sets prisoners free.

Job 24:12 directly mentions groans of the dying and cries for help, paralleling the groans of prisoners in Psalm 102:20.

2 Chronicles 33:11-13 recounts Manasseh's captivity and prayer, showing God hearing the prisoner's cry and restoring him.

Exodus 3:7 has God saying 'I have heard their cry'—directly parallel to hearing the groans of prisoners here. Both show God's compassionate attention.

Exodus 2:23-25 describes God hearing Israel's groans in slavery—the same pattern of God responding to prisoners' cries as here.

In Acts 12:17, Peter's miraculous prison release exemplifies God freeing the doomed — a direct narrative parallel to Psalm 102:20.

In Luke 4:18, Jesus announces his mission to set captives free — fulfilling the liberation of prisoners foreshadowed in Psalm 102:20.

In Acts 16:26, an earthquake frees Paul and Silas — another instance of God releasing prisoners as in Psalm 102:20.

Lamentations 3:34 describes crushing prisoners, the opposite of God's compassionate release in Psalm 102:20.

Isaiah 49:9 directly commands prisoners to come out, mirroring the release promised in Psalm 102:20.

Deuteronomy 26:7 recounts God hearing Israel's cry in Egypt, mirroring the groaning of prisoners here.

Exodus 2:24 records God hearing Israel's groaning in Egypt, directly paralleling the groaning of prisoners here.

Isaiah 42:22 depicts prisoners trapped with no rescuer, contrasting the hopeful deliverance in Psalm 102:20.

Jeremiah 31:18 shows God hearing Ephraim's grief and restoring him, similar to hearing prisoners' groans and freeing them.