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Psalms 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
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist speaks for the assembled community, marking the immediate aftermath of a narrow escape after God withholds them from being devoured by their enemies (Psalms 124:6).
The words — נִמְלְטָה֮ (nimletah) translates literally as "it has escaped," and הַפַּ֥ח (hapach) means "the snare," anchoring the image of sudden, unearned release.
The thread — This imagery recurs in Psalms 91:3, Proverbs 6:5, and 2 Timothy 2:26, tracking the motif of deliverance from physical and spiritual entrapment.
Why it lands — It demands the reader acknowledge that survival from inescapable threats relies on external intervention rather than personal cunning, and it frames all future rescue as dependent on that same source.
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The Hebrew words
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.
Cross-references
- Psalms 91:3 Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague.
- 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 away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
- 1 Samuel 23:26 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.
- 2 Samuel 17:21 After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”
- Jeremiah 18:22 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.
- 1 Samuel 24:14 Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?
- 2 Samuel 17:2 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