Monday, April 15, 2013

Psalm 91:3

Psalm 91:3

Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

a. NLT: For he will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease.

b. NIV: Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence.

c. Amplified Bible:  For [then] He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.

d. Septuagint [Listed under Psalm 90:3]: For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunters, from [every] troublesome matter.

e. Stone Edition Torah/Writings/Prophets: For He will deliver you from the ensnaring trap, from devastating pestilence. 

1. “Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler…”

a. deliver [5337 * natsal][Gesenius: to snatch away, deliver, rescue, save, strip, plunder, to tear oneself away, deliver oneself, to be torn out or away, be delivered, to strip off, spoil, to deliver, to take away, snatch away, to rescue, recover, to deliver (from enemies or troubles or death), to deliver from sin and guilt, to be plucked out.]

b. snare  [6341 * pach][Gesenius:  bird trap, trap, snare, bird trap (literal), of calamities, plots, source or agent of calamity (fig.)]

c. fowler [3353 * yaquwsh][Gesenius: fowler, trapper, bait-layer.]

d. Every use of the word “fowler” is in a bad way, but the LORD will deliver us out from his traps.

1). Psalm 124:7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

2. “…and from the noisome pestilence.”

a. noisome [1942 * havvah][Gesenius: desire, desire (in bad sense), chasm (fig. of destruction), engulfing ruin, destruction, calamity][Strong: desire; also ruin:--calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness.]

b. pestilence [1698 * deber] [Gesenius:  pestilence, plague, murrain, cattle disease, cattle-plague.][Strong:  a pestilence:murrain, pestilence, plague.]

1). Tehillim: (Radak) devastating pestilence.

2). The Hebrew word “deber” is found 49 times in the Old Testament. It is translated “pestilence” 47 times, “plagues” once and “murrain” once.

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