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Psalm 124:7-8 KJV
Psalms · chapter 124 · verses 7–8
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.Psalm 124:7-8 · King James Version
Psalm 124:7-8 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.
Commentary
Cross references
- Psalms 91:3
- Proverbs 6:5
- 2 Timothy 2:26
- 1 Samuel 25:29
- Psalms 25:15
- 1 Samuel 23:26-27
- Psalms 121:2
- Acts 4:24
Key words (Strong's)
- escapedmâlaṭproperly, to be smoothH4422 →
- fowlersyâqôshto ensnareH3369 →
- brokenshâbarto burstH7665 →
- heavenshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- snarepacha sheetH6341 →
- soulnepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
- birdtsippôwra little birdH6833 →
- helpʻêzeraidH5828 →
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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