Psalms 124:7
Our soule is escaped, euen as a bird out of the snare of the foulers: the snare is broken, and we are deliuered.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
6Praysed be the Lord, which hath not giuen vs as a praye vnto their teeth.
8Our helpe is in the Name of the Lord, which hath made heauen and earth.
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:26And Saul and his men went on the one side of the mountaine, and Dauid and his men on the other side of the mountaine: and Dauid made haste to get from the presence of Saul: for Saul and his men compassed Dauid and his men round about, to take them.
1 Samuel 24:14According as the olde prouerbe sayeth, Wickednesse proceedeth from the wicked, but mine hand be not vpon thee.
2 Samuel 17:2And I will come vpon him: for he is wearie, and weake handed: so I will feare him, and all the people that are with him, shall flee, and I will smite the King onely,
Psalms 25:15Mine eyes are euer towarde the Lord: for he will bring my feete out of the net.
Psalms 129:4But the righteous Lord hath cut the cordes of the wicked.
Jeremiah 5:26For among my people are founde wicked persons, that lay waite as hee that setteth snares: they haue made a pit, 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 →