Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Hunting » Fowling
So don’t let my blood fall to the ground far from the Lord’s presence, for the king of Israel has come out to search for a flea, like one who pursues a partridge in the mountains.”
For man certainly does not know his time: like fish caught in a cruel net or like birds caught in a trap, so people are trapped in an evil time as it suddenly falls on them.
if there is no bait for it?
Does a trap spring from the ground
when it has caught nothing?
they spread a net along the path
and set snares for me.
Protect me from the trap they have set for me, and from the snares of evildoers. Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass [safely] by.
Snares laid » General references to
You know my way.
they have hidden a trap for me.
they spread a net along the path
and set snares for me.
Pay attention, house of Israel!
Listen, royal house!
For the judgment applies to you
because you have been a snare at Mizpah
and a net spread out on Tabor.
they violate Your instruction.
They watch like fowlers lying in wait.
They set a trap;
they catch men.
and from the snares of evildoers.
when You suddenly bring raiders against them,
for they have dug a pit to capture me
and have hidden snares for my feet.