God’s Word Translation
Psalms 124:7
7We escaped like a bird caught in a hunter’s trap. The trap was broken, and we 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is 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.
Context of Psalms 124:7
5Then raging water would have washed us away.” 6Thank the Lord, who did not let them sink their teeth into us. We escaped like a bird caught in a hunter’s trap. The trap was broken, and we escaped. 8Our help is in the name of the Lord, the maker of 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 went on the other side of the mountain. David was hurrying to get away from Saul, and Saul and his men were going around ⌞the mountain⌟ toward David and his men, trying to capture them.
- 1 Samuel 24:14Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? One flea?
- 1 Samuel 25:29Even though someone pursued you and sought your life, your life is wrapped in the bundle of life which comes from the Lord your God. But he will dispose of the lives of your enemies like stones thrown from a sling.
- 2 Samuel 17:2I’ll attack him while he’s tired and weak, and I’ll cause him to panic. All the people with him will flee, but I’ll kill only him.
- Psalms 25:15My eyes are always on the Lord. He removes my feet from traps.
- Psalms 91:3He is the one who will rescue you from hunters’ traps and from deadly plagues.
- Proverbs 6:5Free yourself like a gazelle from the hand of a hunter and like a bird from the hand of a hunter.
- Jeremiah 5:26“Wicked people are found among my people. They lie in ambush like bird catchers. They set traps and catch people.
- Jeremiah 18:22Make them cry out from their homes when you suddenly send troops against them, because they dug a pit to catch me and hid snares for my feet.
- 2 Timothy 2:26Then they might come back to their senses and God will free them from the devil’s snare so that they can 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
In the dictionaries
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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