Psalms 124:7
Our soul, as a bird, hath escaped from the snare of the fowlers, The snare, is broken, and, we, are escaped:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
6Blessed, be Yahweh, who gave us not as prey to their teeth.
8Our help, is in the Name of Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:26And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and, David and his men, on that side of the mountain,—wherefore David became hurried, to get away from the presence of Saul, but, Saul and his men, were surrounding David and his men, to capture then:
1 Samuel 24:14After whom, hath the king of Israel come forth? After whom, art thou in pursuit? After a dead dog! after a single flea!
2 Samuel 17:2and let me come upon him, when, he, is weary, and weak-handed, so shall I strike him with terror, and all the people who are with him shall flee,—then will I smite the king alone:
Psalms 25:15Mine eyes, are continually unto Yahweh,—for, he, bringeth, out of the net, my feet.
Psalms 129:4Yahweh, is righteous, He hath cut asunder the cords of the lawless.
Jeremiah 5:26For there have been found among my people lawless men,—One lieth in wait, as with the stooping of fowlers, They have set a trap, they capture 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 →