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Psalm 124:7 KJV
Psalms · chapter 124 · verse 7
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.Psalm 124:7 · King James Version
Psalm 124:7 in context
5Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
6Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
7Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
8Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
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Key words (Strong's)
- escapedmâlaṭproperly, to be smoothH4422 →
- fowlersyâqôshto ensnareH3369 →
- brokenshâbarto burstH7665 →
- snarepacha sheetH6341 →
- soulnepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
- birdtsippôwra little birdH6833 →
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Here the psalmist further magnifies the great deliverance God had lately wrought for them. I. That their hearts might be the more enlarged in thankfulness to him (Psa 124:6): Blessed be the Lord. God is the author of all our deliverances, and therefore he must have the glory of them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-8