Psalms 124:7
We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
6Blessed be the LORD, Who hath not given us a prey to their teeth!
8Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.
Cross References
Psalms 25:15Mine eyes are ever directed to the LORD, For he will pluck my feet from the net.
Psalms 129:4But the LORD was righteous; He cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
Jeremiah 5:26For among my people are found wicked men, Who lie on the watch like fowlers; They set a trap that they may 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 →