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John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 124:7

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers, etc.] The people of God are like little birds, being harmless and innocent, singing forth the praises of God for his goodness to them; as also because weak and unable to resist their foes; and worthless in themselves, like sparrows, as the wordf1757 here used signifies; and are fearful and timorous, and flee at the least apprehension of danger, (<19A207>Psalm 102:7 11:1 <281111>Hosea 11:11). Satan, and wicked men under his influence, are like fowlers who lay snares for them, to draw them into sin, into immorality and error, in order to bring them to ruin and destruction; hence we read of the snare of the devil and of wicked men, (<540307>1 Timothy 3:7) (<550226>2 Timothy 2:26 <19B9110>
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