Psalm 124:7
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Cross-references
In Psalm 25:15, the psalmist trusts God to pluck his feet from a net—the same rescue-from-trap imagery as the bird escaping the fowler's snare.
In Psalm 91:3, God delivers from the 'snare of the fowler'—identical phrasing and image to the psalm's escape, a direct thematic parallel.
In Psalm 31:4, the psalmist prays for rescue from a hidden net — the same imagery of being trapped by enemies.
Psalm 64:5 describes the wicked secretly setting snares — the very trap from which the psalmist escapes.
In Psalm 119:110, the psalmist faces a wicked snare but stays faithful — the same threat from which the psalmist escapes.
Psalm 129:4 declares the Lord cuts the cords of the wicked — the same action as the broken snare in the psalm.
In 1 Samuel 23:27, a messenger reports a Philistine raid, causing Saul to abandon his pursuit—this is the breaking of the snare, allowing David's escape.
In 2 Samuel 17:21, David's spies escape from hiding in a well and warn him—a direct escape from a trap, mirroring the bird's escape from the snare.
In Proverbs 6:5, the reader is told to escape 'as a bird from the hand of the fowler'—the same exact imagery as the psalm's deliverance from a snare.
In Jeremiah 5:26, wicked men set snares to catch people—this shows the fowler's activity from the trapper's side, while the psalm celebrates escape from such snares.
In Jeremiah 18:22, the prophet laments enemies setting snares for him — the same trap imagery as the psalmist's escape.
In 1 Corinthians 10:13, God provides a way of escape from temptation — a spiritual parallel to the physical escape from the snare.
In 2 Timothy 2:26, Paul speaks of escaping the devil's snare — a spiritual counterpart to the physical snare in the psalm.