My eyes are ever on Yahweh, for he will pluck my feet out of the net.
Parallel translations
- KJV Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
- BSB My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh.
- ESV My eyes are ever toward the LORD, for he will 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.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Ps 141:8For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord. In you, I take refuge. Don’t leave my soul destitute.
- Ps 124:7–8Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
- Ps 31:4Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for you are my stronghold.
- Ps 121:1–2A Song of Ascents. I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?
- Ps 123:2Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, until he has mercy on us.
- Jer 5:26For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.
- 2 Tim 2:25–26in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,
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