3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
3 Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence.
3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.
3 That's right - he rescues you from hidden traps, shields you from deadly hazards.
3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence.
3 For he will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease.
5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
5 save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
5 Run like a deer from the hunter, fly like a bird from the trapper! A Lesson from the Ant
5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
5 Save yourself like a gazelle escaping from a hunter, like a bird fleeing from a net.
(Read Proverbs 6:1-5)
If we live as directed by the word of God, we shall find it profitable even in this present world. We are stewards of our worldly substance, and have to answer to the Lord for our disposal of it; to waste it in rash schemes, or such plans as may entangle us in difficulties and temptations, is wrong. A man ought never to be surety for more than he is able and willing to pay, and can afford to pay, without wronging his family; he ought to look upon every sum he is engaged for, as his own debt. If we must take all this care to get our debts to men forgiven, much more to obtain forgiveness with God. Humble thyself to him, make sure of Christ as thy Friend, to plead for thee; pray earnestly that thy sins may be pardoned, and that thou mayest be kept from going down to the pit.
8 The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.
8 The prophet, along with my God, is the watchman over Ephraim,
8 The prophet is the watchman of Ephraim with my God; yet a fowler's snare is on all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.
8 The prophet is looking out for Ephraim, working under God's orders. But everyone is trying to trip him up. He's hated right in God's house, of all places.
8 The watchman of Ephraim is with my God; But the prophet is a fowler's snare in all his ways-- Enmity in the house of his God.
8 The prophet is a watchman over Israel for my God, yet traps are laid for him wherever he goes. He faces hostility even in the house of God.
(Read Hosea 9:7-10)
Time had been when the spiritual watchmen of Israel were with the Lord, but now they were like the snare of a fowler to entangle persons to their ruin. The people were become as corrupt as those of Gibeah, Judges 19; and their crimes should be visited in like manner. At first God had found Israel pleasing to Him, as grapes to the traveller in the wilderness. He saw them with pleasure as the first ripe figs. This shows the delight God took in them; yet they followed after idolatry.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 91:3
Commentary on Psalm 91:1-8
(Read Psalm 91:1-8)
He that by faith chooses God for his protector, shall find all in him that he needs or can desire. And those who have found the comfort of making the Lord their refuge, cannot but desire that others may do so. The spiritual life is protected by Divine grace from the temptations of Satan, which are as the snares of the fowler, and from the contagion of sin, which is a noisome pestilence. Great security is promised to believers in the midst of danger. Wisdom shall keep them from being afraid without cause, and faith shall keep them from being unduly afraid. Whatever is done, our heavenly Father's will is done; and we have no reason to fear. God's people shall see, not only God's promises fulfilled, but his threatenings. Then let sinners come unto the Lord upon his mercy-seat, through the Redeemer's name; and encourage others to trust in him also.