Psalms 124:7
Our soul has gone free like a bird out of the net of those who would take her: the net is broken, and we are free.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
6Praise be to the Lord, who has not let us be wounded by their teeth.
8Our help is in the name of the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:26And Saul and his men went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men went on the other: and David's purpose was to get away as quickly as possible, for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men were making a circle round David and his men in order to take them.
1 Samuel 24:14\24:13\There is an old saying, From the evil-doer comes evil: but my hand will never be lifted up against you.
2 Samuel 17:2And I will come up with him when he is tired and feeble, and make him full of fear: and all the people with him will go in flight; and I will make an attack on the king only:
Psalms 25:15My eyes are turned to the Lord at all times; for he will take my feet out of the net.
Psalms 129:4The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.
Jeremiah 5:26For there are sinners among my people: they keep watch, like men watching for birds; they put a net and take men in it.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 124:7-8
The Security of God's People. 6 Blessed be the Lord , who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. 7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. 8 Our help is in the name of the Lord , who made heaven and earth. Here the psalmist further magnifies the great deliverance God had lately wrought for them. I. That their hearts might be the more enlarged in thankfulness to him ( v. 6 ): Blessed be the Lord. God is the author of all our deliverances, and… Read the whole commentary →