Psalm 124:7 “We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is t…”

Psalm 124:7

We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

World English Bible

Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

American Standard Version

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we are escaped.

Geneva Bible 1599

Our soule is escaped, euen as a bird out of the snare of the foulers: the snare is broken, and we are deliuered.

Darby Translation

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we have escaped.

Young's Literal Translation

Our soul as a bird hath escaped from a snare of fowlers, The snare was broken, and we have escaped.

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“Our soul”

1 Samuel 25:29 2 Samuel 17:2 1 Samuel 23:26 1 Samuel 23:27 1 Samuel 24:14 1 Samuel 24:15

1 Samuel 25:29 · BSB

And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sli…

2 Samuel 17:2 · BSB

I 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

1 Samuel 23:26 · BSB

Saul 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 23:27 · BSB

Then a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Come quickly, for the Philistines have raided the land!”

1 Samuel 24:14 · BSB

Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?

1 Samuel 24:15 · BSB

May the LORD be our judge and decide between you and me. May He take notice and plead my case and deliver me from your hand.”

“as a bird”

Psalm 91:3 Proverbs 6:5 2 Timothy 2:26 Psalm 25:15 Jeremiah 18:22 Jeremiah 5:26

Psalm 91:3 · BSB

Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague.

Proverbs 6:5 · BSB

Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

2 Timothy 2:26 · BSB

Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.

Psalm 25:15 · BSB

My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh.

Jeremiah 18:22 · BSB

Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.

Jeremiah 5:26 · BSB

For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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.

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