Psalms 124:7
5 then the raging waters would have swept us away.
6 Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.
8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.
- KJV
- Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
- WEB
- Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
- ASV
- Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we are escaped.
- DARBY
- Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we have escaped.
- BLB
- Our soul like a bird has escaped from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have slipped away.
- ÅB
- Vår sjel er undsloppet som en fugl av fuglefangernes snare; snaren er sønderrevet, og vi er undsloppet.
- OTB
- Vår sjel har unnsluppet som en fugl fra fuglefangerens snare;
Snaren er brutt, og vi har unnsluppet. - B1930
- Vår sjel er undsloppet som en fugl av fuglefangernes snare; snaren er sønderrevet, og vi er undsloppet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 91:3
Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague.
Read in contextProverbs 6:5
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
Read in context2 Timothy 2:26
Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.
Read in contextPsalms 25:15
My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh.
Read in context1 Samuel 25:29
And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
Read in context1 Samuel 23:26–27
Saul was proceeding along one side of the mountain, and David and his men along the other side. Even though David was hurrying to get away, Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.
Read in context2 Samuel 17:21–22
After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”
Read in contextJeremiah 18:22
Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.
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