English Standard Version
Psalms 124:7
7We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped!
Psalms 124:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
- New International Version (NIV)We have escaped like a bird from the fowler’s snare; the snare has been broken, and we have escaped.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
- New Living Translation (NLT)We escaped like a bird from a hunter’s trap. The trap is broken, and we are free!
Context of Psalms 124:7
5then over us would have gone the raging waters. 6Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us as prey to their teeth! We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped! 8Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
Read all of Psalms 124Psalms 124:7 word by word
נַפְשֵׁ֗נוּ כְּצִפּ֥וֹר נִמְלְטָה֮ מִפַּ֪ח י֫וֹקְשִׁ֥ים הַפַּ֥ח נִשְׁבָּ֗ר וַאֲנַ֥חְנוּ נִמְלָֽטְנוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 124:7
- 1 Samuel 23:26Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain. And David was hurrying to get away from Saul. As Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them,
- 1 Samuel 24:14After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom do you pursue? After a dead dog! After a flea!
- 1 Samuel 25:29If men rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living in the care of the Lord your God. And the lives of your enemies he shall sling out as from the hollow of a sling.
- 2 Samuel 17:2I will come upon him while he is weary and discouraged and throw him into a panic, and all the people who are with him will flee. I will strike down only the king,
- Psalms 25:15My eyes are ever toward the Lord, for he will pluck my feet out of the net.
- Psalms 91:3For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.
- Proverbs 6:5save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
- Jeremiah 5:26For wicked men are found among my people; they lurk like fowlers lying in wait. They set a trap; they catch men.
- Jeremiah 18:22May a cry be heard from their houses, when you bring the plunderer suddenly upon them! For they have dug a pit to take me and laid snares for my feet.
- 2 Timothy 2:26and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.
Commentaries on Psalms 124:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare - This is a fine image; and at once shows the weakness of the Jews, and the cunning of their adversaries. Haman had laid the snare completely for them; humanly speaking there was no prospect of their escape: but the Lord was on their side; and the providence that induced Ahasuerus to call for the book of the records of the kingdom to be read to him, as well indeed as the once very improbable advancement of…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Our soul is escaped - We have escaped; our life has been preserved. As a bird out of the snare of the fowlers - By the breaking of the snare, or the gin. The bird is entangled, but the net breaks, and the bird escapes. See the notes at Psalm 91:3. The snare is broken - It was not strong enough to retain the struggling bird, and the captive broke away. So we seemed to be caught. The enemy appeared to have us entirely in his power, but escape came to us…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-8Verses 6-8 God is the Author of all our deliverances, and he must have the glory. The enemies lay snares for God's people, to bring them into sin and trouble, and to hold them there. Sometimes they seem to prevail; but in the Lord let us put our trust, and we shall not be put to confusion. The believer will ascribe all the honour of his salvation, to the power, mercy, and truth of God, and look back with wonder and thanksgiving on the way in which the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-8The enemies of God's people were like lions or bears that tear prey with their teeth (see Psalm 57:4; Proverbs 28:15). The Lord shut their mouths (Daniel 6:22).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-76-7. The figure is changed to that of a rapacious wild beast (Psa 3:7), and then of a fowler (Psa 91:3), and complete escape is denoted by breaking the net.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 124
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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