Surely he shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.
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Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
4. Thus then do thou say also, "In Him will I trust. For He Himself shall deliver me" (ver. 3), not I myself. Observe whether he teaches anything but this, that all our trust be in God, none in man. Whence shall he deliver thee? "From the snare of the hunter, and from a harsh word." Deliverance from the hunter's net is indeed a great blessing: but how is deliverance from a harsh word so? Many have fallen into the hunter's net through a harsh word. What is it that I say? The devil and his angels spread their snares, as hunters do: and those who walk in Christ tread afar from those snares: for he dares not spread his net in Christ: he sets it on the verge of the way, not in the way. Let then thy way be Christ, and thou shall not fall into the snares of the devil. ...
But what is, "from a harsh word"? The devil has entrapped many by a harsh word: for instance, those who profess Christianity among Pagans suffer insult from the heathen: they blush when they hear reproach, and shrinking o...
Delivered me. Hebrew and Septuagint, "shall deliver thee. "Yet the Alexandrian copy has me. (Haydock)
The psalmist addresses his own soul. (Berthier)
Word, verbo: we sometimes find "sword "printed by mistake. Hebrew dabar, signifies "word, thing, pestilence "(Haydock)
The devil employs human respect to draw many into his nets. (St. Augustine) (Berthier)
Neither subtle craft, nor the cruelty of tyrants will disturb those who trust in Providence. (Worthington)
