Psalms 124:7

World English Bible (2000)

Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

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  • Ps 91:3 : 3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.
  • Prov 6:5 : 5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
  • Jer 18:22 : 22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you shall bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
  • Ps 25:15 : 15 My eyes are ever on Yahweh, for he will pluck my feet out of the net.
  • 2 Tim 2:26 : 26 and they may recover themselves out of the devil's snare, having been taken captive by him to his will.
  • Jer 5:26 : 26 For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.
  • 1 Sam 23:26-27 : 26 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 surrounded David and his men to take them. 27 But a messenger came to Saul, saying, "Hurry and come; for the Philistines have made a raid on the land!"
  • 1 Sam 24:14-15 : 14 Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A flea? 15 May Yahweh therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand."
  • 1 Sam 25:29 : 29 Though men may rise up to pursue you, and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with Yahweh your God. He will sling out the souls of your enemies, as from the hollow of a sling.
  • 2 Sam 17:2 : 2 I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him shall flee. I will strike the king only;
  • 2 Sam 17:21-22 : 21 It happened, after they had departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said to David, "Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you." 22 Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they passed over the Jordan. By the morning light there lacked not one of them who had not gone over the Jordan.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 124:2-6
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    83%

    2if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose up against us;

    3then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

    4then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul;

    5then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

    6Blessed be Yahweh, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

  • Ps 124:8
    76%

    8Our help is in the name of Yahweh, who made heaven and earth. A Song of Ascents.

  • Prov 6:5
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    5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

  • Lam 4:17-20
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    75%

    17Our eyes do yet fail [in looking] for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

    18They hunt our steps, so that we can't go in our streets: Our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

    19Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky: They chased us on the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

    20The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Yahweh, was taken in their pits; Of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.

  • Ps 11:1
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    1In Yahweh, I take refuge. How can you say to my soul, "Flee as a bird to your mountain!"

  • Ps 141:9-10
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    73%

    9Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

    10Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, while I pass by. A contemplation by David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer.

  • Ps 91:3
    72%

    3For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.

  • Ps 140:5
    72%

    5The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.

  • Ps 57:6
    71%

    6They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into its midst themselves. Selah.

  • Amos 3:5
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    5Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch?

  • Ps 31:4
    71%

    4Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for you are my stronghold.

  • Ps 123:4
    71%

    4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud. A Song of Ascents. By David.

  • Job 18:10
    70%

    10A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the way.

  • Ps 66:9
    70%

    9who preserves our life among the living, and doesn't allow our feet to be moved.

  • Ps 33:19-20
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    70%

    19to deliver their soul from death, to keep them alive in famine.

    20Our soul has waited for Yahweh. He is our help and our shield.

  • Ps 116:8
    70%

    8For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

  • Ps 44:19
    70%

    19Though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

  • Prov 1:17
    70%

    17For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird:

  • Lam 5:5
    70%

    5Our pursuers are on our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.

  • Ps 44:25
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    25For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the earth.

  • Lam 3:47
    69%

    47Fear and the pit are come on us, devastation and destruction.

  • Isa 51:14
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    14The captive exile shall speedily be freed; and he shall not die [and go down] into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.

  • Lam 5:8-9
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    8Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.

    9We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.

  • Ps 25:15
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    15My eyes are ever on Yahweh, for he will pluck my feet out of the net.

  • Jer 20:13
    69%

    13Sing to Yahweh, praise Yahweh; for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evildoers.

  • Ps 108:12
    69%

    12Give us help against the enemy, for the help of man is vain.

  • Ps 35:7
    69%

    7For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.

  • Ps 7:2
    69%

    2lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

  • Prov 7:23
    69%

    23Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn't know that it will cost his life.

  • Ps 66:11
    68%

    11You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs.

  • Ps 44:7
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    7But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate us.

  • Ps 141:7
    68%

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

  • Ps 106:47
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    47Save us, Yahweh, our God, gather us from among the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise!

  • Ezra 9:15
    68%

    15Yahweh, the God of Israel, you are righteous; for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is this day. Behold, we are before you in our guiltiness; for none can stand before you because of this."

  • Ps 126:4
    68%

    4Restore our fortunes again, Yahweh, like the streams in the Negev.

  • Ps 20:8
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    8They are bowed down and fallen, but we rise up, and stand upright.

  • Ps 9:15
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    15The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

  • Ps 119:110
    68%

    110The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven't gone astray from your precepts.

  • Ps 137:4
    68%

    4How can we sing Yahweh's song in a foreign land?

  • Ps 17:13
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    13Arise, Yahweh, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword;