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Psalms 124:7 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 124:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 124:79 words
HebrewMeaning
נַפְשֵׁ֗/נוּnapəšēnw
self ournounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
כְּ/צִפּ֥וֹרkəṣipwōr
like a birdpronH6833
fowl · sparrow
נִמְלְטָה֮nimələṭāh
it has escapedverbH4422
escape · lay · leap out · let alone ···
מִ/פַּ֪חmipaḥ
from a snare ofpronH6341
plate · snare
י֫וֹקְשִׁ֥יםywōqəšiym
fowlersverbH3369
הַ/פַּ֥חhapaḥ
the snareparticleH6341
plate · snare
נִשְׁבָּ֗רnišəbār
has been brokenverbH7665
off · in pieces · up) · broken ···
וַ/אֲנַ֥חְנוּwaʾănaḥənw
and weconjH587
us · we
נִמְלָֽטְנוּniməlāṭənw
we have escapedverbH4422
escape · lay · leap out · let alone ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 124:7

1. You already well know, dearest brethren, that a “Song of Degrees,” is a song of our ascent: and that this ascent is not effected by the feet of the body, but by the affections of the heart. This we have repeatedly reminded you of: and we need not repeat it too often, that there may be room for saying what has not yet been said. This Psalm, therefore, which you have now heard sung for you, is inscribed, “A Song of Degrees.” This is its title. They sing therefore while…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 124
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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