Psalms 124:7
We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
6Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
8Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:26Saul 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.
1 Samuel 24:14Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?
2 Samuel 17:2I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king
Psalms 25:15My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh.
Psalms 129:4The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.
Jeremiah 5:26For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
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 →