My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh.
Parallel translations
- WEB My eyes are ever on Yahweh, for he will pluck my feet out of the net.
- KJV Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
- NKJV My eyes are ever toward the Lord, For He shall pluck my feet out of the net.
- NASB My eyes are continually toward the Lord, For He will rescue my feet from the net.
- NLT My eyes are always on the Lord, for he rescues me from the traps of my enemies.
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Quick answer
David keeps his eyes fixed on the Lord, who will free his feet from the net. Steady trust looks to God for deliverance from every snare.
Overview
David expresses continual dependence, fixing his gaze on Yahweh who alone can release him from the traps set by enemies. The image of feet caught in a net pictures danger and entanglement. The verse models persistent faith that looks away from self to God, the same faith by which believers find rescue in Christ from every snare.
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Cross-references · 7
- Ps 141:8But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.
- Ps 124:7–8We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.
- Ps 31:4You free me from the net laid out for me, for You are my refuge.
- Ps 121:1–2A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?
- Ps 123:2As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows us mercy.
- Jer 5:26For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
- 2 Tim 2:25–26He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.
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