Psalms 91:3
in Psalms 91Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague.
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ASV
For he will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence.
KJV
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
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This verse in Psalms 91
Commentary
4 notes on this verseFor he himself will free me from the snare of the hunters. There are many hunters in this world, who try to hunt down our soul. Indeed even that giant Nimrod was a great hunter in the sight of the Lord: and Esau was a hunter, because he was a sinner; and nowhere in the holy Scriptures do we find any holy hunter. Fishermen we find to be holy. For he himself will free me from the snare of the hunters.
This site's exposition
he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler
on Psalms 91:3-4
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence names two dangers a bird cannot see and a body cannot fight, the hidden trap and the unseen disease. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust reaches for the picture of a mother bird sheltering her young, the same figure the Lord uses of Jerusalem in the Gospels. His truth shall be thy shield and buckler pairs two pieces of armor, one covering the whole body and one carried in the hand, with the ground of both named as truth rather than luck.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler,.... These are the words of the psalmist, either speaking to himself, for the encouragement of his own faith and trust in the Lord; or to the man that dwells in the secret place, and under the shadow of the most High; which latter seems most agreeable; though Cocceius thinks they are the words of God in one of his Persons, speaking of another divine Person that should deliver such that trust in him: the Targum makes them to be the words of David to Solomon his son.
(2.) The spiritual life, which is protected by divine grace from the temptations of Satan, which are as the snares of the fowler, and from the contagion of sin, which is the noisome pestilence. He that has given grace to be the glory of the soul will create a defence upon all that glory.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֤י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| ה֣וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| יַ֭צִּֽילְךָ | yatzilekha | he will deliver you | H5337 → | 212 times |
| מִפַּ֥ח | mipach | from [the] snare of | H6341 → | 27 times |
| יָק֗וּשׁ | yakush | a fowler | H3353 → | |
| מִדֶּ֥בֶר | midever | from a plague of | H1698 → | 49 times |
| הַוּֽוֹת׃ | havot | destruction<s> | H1942 → | 16 times |
כִּ֤יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
ה֣וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
יַ֭צִּֽילְךָhe will deliver you
yatzilekhaH5337 →212 times
מִפַּ֥חfrom [the] snare of
mipachH6341 →27 times
יָק֗וּשׁa fowler
yakushH3353 →
מִדֶּ֥בֶרfrom a plague of
mideverH1698 →49 times
הַוּֽוֹת׃destruction<s>
havotH1942 →16 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 124:7We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.
it leads to
- Proverbs 6:5
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
- 2 Timothy 2:26
Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.
- Psalms 25:15
My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh.
- 1 Samuel 25:29
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…
- 1 Samuel 23:26–27
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…
- Proverbs 6:5
Through
Psalms 141:9Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
it leads to
- Psalms 140:5
The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah
- Luke 20:20
So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of…
- Psalms 119:110
The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.
- Psalms 140:5
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Psalms; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David; Jerome, Homily 20, on Psalm 90; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.