Psalms 124 · Verse 7

Psalms 124:7

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Psalms 124:7, King James Version

Psalms 124:7 in other translations

BSBWe have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.
WEBOur soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
ASVOur soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we are escaped.
YLTOur soul as a bird hath escaped from a snare of fowlers, The snare was broken, and we have escaped.
DARBYOur soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we have escaped.
BBEOur 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.
WebsterOur soul hath escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we have escaped.

What does Psalms 124:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 124:6-7

6-7. The figure is changed to that of a rapacious wild beast (Psa 3:7), and then of a fowler (Psa 91:3), and complete escape is denoted by breaking the net.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare - This is a fine image; and at once shows the weakness of the Jews, and the cunning of their adversaries. Haman had laid the snare completely for them; humanly speaking there was no prospect of their escape: but the Lord was on their side; and the providence that induced Ahasuerus to call for the book of the records of the kingdom to be read to him, as well indeed as the once very improbable advancement of Esther to the throne of Persia, was the means used by the Lord for the preservation of the whole Jewish people from extermination. God thus broke the snare, and the bird escaped; while the poacher was caught in his own trap, and executed. See the Book of Esther, which is probably the best comment on this Psalm.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 124:6-8

God is the Author of all our deliverances, and he must have the glory. The enemies lay snares for God's people, to bring them into sin and trouble, and to hold them there. Sometimes they seem to prevail; but in the Lord let us put our trust, and we shall not be put to confusion. The believer will ascribe all the honour of his salvation, to the power, mercy, and truth of God, and look back with wonder and…

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Psalms 124:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

נַפְשֵׁ֗נוּnaf.She.nuself ourH5315
כְּצִפּ֥וֹרke.tzi.Porlike a birdH6833
נִמְלְטָה֮nim.le.Tahit has escapedH4422
מִפַּ֪חmi.Pachfrom a snare ofH6341
י֫וֹקְשִׁ֥יםyok.ShimfowlersH3369
הַפַּ֥חha.Pachthe snareH6341
נִשְׁבָּ֗רnish.Bar[has been] brokenH7665
וַאֲנַ֥חְנוּva.'a.Nach.nuand weH587
נִמְלָֽטְנוּ\׃nim.La.te.nuwe have escapedH4422

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 124:7

  • Psalms 91:3

    Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

  • Proverbs 6:5

    Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

  • 2 Timothy 2:26

    And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

  • Psalms 25:15

    Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.

  • 1 Samuel 25:29

    Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.

  • 1 Samuel 23:26-27

    And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them. But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.

  • 2 Samuel 17:21-22

    And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you. Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.

  • Jeremiah 18:22

    Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

  • Jeremiah 5:26

    For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

  • 2 Samuel 17:2

    And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:

  • 1 Samuel 24:14-15

    After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea. The Lord therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Our soul.
1Sa 23:26,27; 24:14,15; 25:29; 2Sa 17:2,21,22
as a bird.
25:15; 91:3; Pr 6:5; Jer 5:26; 18:22; 2Ti 2:26

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Context

  • Psalms 124:6

    Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

  • Psalms 124:7

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

  • Psalms 124:8

    Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

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Psalms 124:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Nuestra alma escapó cual ave del lazo de los cazadores: quebróse el lazo, y escapamos nosotros.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Notre âme est échappée comme un oiseau du piège des oiseleurs: le piège s’est rompu, et nous sommes échappés.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Unsere Seele ist entronnen wie ein Vogel aus der Schlinge der Vogelsteller; die Schlinge ist zerrissen, und wir sind entronnen.