Psalms 124:7

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We escaped with our lives, like a bird from a hunter’s snare. The snare broke, and we escaped.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 91:3 : 3 he will certainly rescue you from the snare of the hunter and from the destructive plague.
  • Prov 6:5 : 5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a snare, and like a bird from the trap of the fowler.
  • Jer 18:22 : 22 Let cries of terror be heard in their houses when you send bands of raiders unexpectedly to plunder them. For they have virtually dug a pit to capture me and have hidden traps for me to step into.
  • Ps 25:15 : 15 I continually look to the LORD for help, for he will free my feet from the enemy’s net.
  • 2 Tim 2:26 : 26 and they will come to their senses and escape the devil’s trap where they are held captive to do his will.
  • Jer 5:26 : 26 “Indeed, there are wicked scoundrels among my people. They lie in wait like bird catchers hiding in ambush. They set deadly traps to catch people.
  • 1 Sam 23:26-27 : 26 Saul went on one side of the mountain, while David and his men went on the other side of the mountain. David was hurrying to get away from Saul, but Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men so they could capture them. 27 But a messenger came to Saul saying,“Come quickly, for the Philistines have raided the land!”
  • 1 Sam 24:14-15 : 14 Who has the king of Israel come out after? Who is it that you are pursuing? A dead dog? A single flea? 15 May the LORD be our judge and arbiter. May he see and arbitrate my case and deliver me from your hands!”
  • 1 Sam 25:29 : 29 When someone sets out to chase you and to take your life, the life of my lord will be wrapped securely in the bag of the living by the LORD your God. But he will sling away the lives of your enemies from the sling’s pocket!
  • 2 Sam 17:2 : 2 When I catch up with him he will be exhausted and worn out. I will rout him, and the entire army that is with him will flee. I will kill only the king
  • 2 Sam 17:21-22 : 21 After the men had left, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed out of the well. Then they left and informed King David. They advised David,“Get up and cross the stream quickly, for Ahithophel has devised a plan to catch you.” 22 So David and all the people who were with him got up and crossed the Jordan River. By dawn there was not one person left who had not crossed the Jordan.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    2if the LORD had not been on our side, when men attacked us,

    3they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us.

    4The water would have overpowered us; the current would have overwhelmed us.

    5The raging water would have overwhelmed us.

    6The LORD deserves praise, for he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth.

  • Ps 124:8
    76%

    8Our deliverer is the LORD, the Creator of heaven and earth.

  • Prov 6:5
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    5Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a snare, and like a bird from the trap of the fowler.

  • Lam 4:17-20
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    75%

    17ע(Ayin)The People of Jerusalem Lament: Our eyes continually failed us as we looked in vain for help. From our watchtowers we watched for a nation that could not rescue us.

    18צ(Tsade) Our enemies hunted us down at every step so that we could not walk about in our streets. Our end drew near, our days were numbered, for our end had come!

    19ק(Qof) Those who pursued us were swifter than eagles in the sky. They chased us over the mountains; they ambushed us in the wilderness.

    20ר(Resh) Our very life breath– the LORD’s anointed king– was caught in their traps, of whom we thought,“Under his protection we will survive among the nations.”

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    9Protect me from the snare they have laid for me, and the traps the evildoers have set.

    10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I escape.

  • Ps 91:3
    72%

    3he will certainly rescue you from the snare of the hunter and from the destructive plague.

  • Ps 140:5
    72%

    5Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me.(Selah)

  • Ps 57:6
    71%

    6They have prepared a net to trap me; I am discouraged. They have dug a pit for me. They will fall into it!(Selah)

  • Amos 3:5
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    5Does a bird swoop down into a trap on the ground if there is no bait? Does a trap spring up from the ground unless it has surely caught something?

  • Ps 31:4
    71%

    4You will free me from the net they hid for me, for you are my place of refuge.

  • Ps 123:4
    71%

    4We have had our fill of the taunts of the self-assured, of the contempt of the proud.

  • Job 18:10
    70%

    10A rope is hidden for him on the ground and a trap for him lies on the path.

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    9He preserves our lives and does not allow our feet to slip.

  • Ps 33:19-20
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    19by saving their lives from death and sustaining them during times of famine.

    20We wait for the LORD; he is our deliverer and shield.

  • Ps 116:8
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    8Yes, LORD, you rescued my life from death, kept my eyes from tears and my feet from stumbling.

  • Ps 44:19
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    19Yet you have battered us, leaving us a heap of ruins overrun by wild dogs; you have covered us with darkness.

  • Prov 1:17
    70%

    17Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird,

  • Lam 5:5
    70%

    5We are pursued– they are breathing down our necks; we are weary and have no rest.

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    69%

    25For we lie in the dirt, with our bellies pressed to the ground.

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    69%

    47Panic and pitfall have come upon us, devastation and destruction.

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    69%

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    12Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile.

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  • Ps 7:2
    69%

    2Otherwise they will rip me to shreds like a lion; they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me.

  • Prov 7:23
    69%

    23till an arrow pierces his liver– like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.

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    68%

    11You led us into a trap; you caused us to suffer.

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    68%

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    7As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

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    8They will fall down, but we will stand firm.

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    15The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.

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    68%

    110The wicked lay a trap for me, but I do not wander from your precepts.

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    4How can we sing a song to the LORD in a foreign land?

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    13Rise up, LORD! Confront him! Knock him down! Use your sword to rescue me from the wicked man!