Psalms 124:7 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 124:7

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

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Concerning Virginity 18 (397)

It is the same with David. Where the soul is supported with spiritual wings, he has chosen to describe the soul as a bird, as he has said in one place, "My soul has escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers"; and again, In the Lord I take refuge; how can you say to my soul, "Flee like a bird to the mountain." Thus the soul has its wings by which it can raise itself free from the earth.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 6 (1882)

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers. Our soul is like a bird for many reasons; but in this case the point of likeness is weakness, folly, and the ease with which it is enticed into the snare. Fowlers have many methods of taking small birds, and Satan has many methods of entrapping souls. Some are decoyed by evil companions, others are enticed by the love of dainties; hunger drives many into the trap, and fright impels numbers to fly into the net.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1696: “The Bird Escaped from the Snare” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1882)

THIS text describes a soul-matter. The Psalmist is not speaking of a temporal deliverance, although, even in that sense, an escape from death would be a theme worthy of his sweetest song. He says, "Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers," thus denoting a spiritual rescue. The man's soul is the soul of the man and though some give all their attention to the body, their folly is great. It is as though a man should spend all his substance upon his house and have no bread for himself to eat.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
נַפְשֵׁ֗נוּ	naf.She.nu	self our	H5315 →
כְּצִפּ֥וֹר	ke.tzi.Por	like a bird	H6833 →
נִמְלְטָה֮	nim.le.Tah	it has escaped	H4422 →
מִפַּ֪ח	mi.Pach	from a snare of	H6341 →
י֫וֹקְשִׁ֥ים	yok.Shim	fowlers	H3369 →
הַפַּ֥ח	ha.Pach	the snare	H6341 →
נִשְׁבָּ֗ר	nish.Bar	[has been] broken	H7665 →
וַאֲנַ֥חְנוּ	va.'a.Nach.nu	and we	H587 →
נִמְלָֽטְנוּ׃	nim.La.te.nu	we have escaped	H4422 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 91:3
Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague.
leads to
- Psalms 141:9
  Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
- Job 5:10–22
  He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
- Proverbs 7:23
  until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.
Through
Psalms 25:15
My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh.
leads to
- Psalms 141:8
  But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.
- Psalms 124:7–8
  We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.
- Psalms 31:4
  You free me from the net laid out for me, for You are my refuge.
- Psalms 121:1–2
  I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?
- Psalms 123:2
  As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God…

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms