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Psalms 124:7

124:6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
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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Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

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

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

124:8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

What does Psalms 124:7 mean?

Psalms 124:7 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh), מָלַט (mâlaṭ), צִפּוֹר (tsippôwr).

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Our
soulנֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
is
escapedמָלַטmâlaṭ/maw-lat'/H4422properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks
as
a
birdצִפּוֹרtsippôwr/tsip-pore'/H6833a little bird (as hopping)
out
of
the
snareפַּחpach/pakh/H6341a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
of
the
fowlers:יָקֹשׁyâqôsh/yaw-koshe'/H3369to ensnare (literally or figuratively)
the
snareפַּחpach/pakh/H6341a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
is
broken,שָׁבַרshâbar/shaw-bar'/H7665to burst (literally or figuratively)
and
we
are
escaped.מָלַטmâlaṭ/maw-lat'/H4422properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 124:7.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

Amos 3:5

Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?

Genesis 19:17

And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

Genesis 19:19

Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

Genesis 19:20

Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.

Proverbs 7:23

Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

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What does Psalms 124:7 say?

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

Is Psalms 124:7 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 124:7 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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