New English Translation
Psalms 124:7
7We escaped with our lives, like a bird from a hunter’s snare. The snare broke, 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
5The raging water would have overwhelmed us. 6The Lord deserves praise, for he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth. We escaped with our lives, like a bird from a hunter’s snare. The snare broke, and we escaped. 8Our deliverer is the Lord, the Creator 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, while David and his men went on the other side of the mountain. David was hurrying to get away from Saul, but Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men so they could capture them.
- 1 Samuel 24:14Who has the king of Israel come out after? Who is it that you are pursuing? A dead dog? A single flea?
- 1 Samuel 25:29When someone sets out to chase you and to take your life, the life of my lord will be wrapped securely in the bag of the living by the Lord your God. But he will sling away the lives of your enemies from the sling’s pocket!
- 2 Samuel 17:2When I catch up with him he will be exhausted and worn out. I will rout him, and the entire army that is with him will flee. I will kill only the king
- Psalms 25:15I continually look to the Lord for help, for he will free my feet from the enemy’s net.
- Psalms 91:3he will certainly rescue you from the snare of the hunter and from the destructive plague.
- Proverbs 6:5Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a snare, and like a bird from the trap of the fowler.
- Jeremiah 5:26“Indeed, there are wicked scoundrels among my people. They lie in wait like bird catchers hiding in ambush. They set deadly traps to catch people.
- Jeremiah 18:22Let cries of terror be heard in their houses when you send bands of raiders unexpectedly to plunder them. For they have virtually dug a pit to capture me and have hidden traps for me to step into.
- 2 Timothy 2:26and they will come to their senses and escape the devil’s trap where they are held captive 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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