7 We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.
Psalms 124:7
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Proverbs 6:4–6
4 Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids. 5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler. 6 Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
Psalms 31:3–5
3 For You are my rock and my fortress; lead me and guide me for the sake of Your name. 4 You free me from the net laid out for me, for You are my refuge. 5 Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.
Odes of Solomon 25:1–2
1 I was rescued from my bonds and unto thee, my God, I fled: (ODE) 2 For thou art the right hand of my Salvation and my helper. (ODE)
Nahum 1:12–14
12 This is what the LORD says: “Though they are allied and numerous, yet they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, O Judah, I will afflict you no longer. 13 For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.” 14 The LORD…
Psalms 118:4–6
4 Let those who fear the LORD say, “His loving devotion endures forever.” 5 In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free. 6 The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
Sirach 27:19–21
19 As a bird which you have released out of your hand, so you have let your neighbor go, and you will not catch him again. (WEB) 20 Don’t pursue him, for he has gone far away, and has escaped like a gazelle out of the snare. (WEB) 21 For a wound may be bound up, and after abuse the… (WEB)
Psalms 31:7–9
7 I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul. 8 You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open. 9 Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail f…
Psalms 129:3–5
3 The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long. 4 The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked. 5 May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
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