Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
For he will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence.
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we are escaped.
For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:
In Jehovah do I take refuge: How say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain;
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.
My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: Behold, he standeth behind our wall; He looketh in at the windows; He glanceth through the lattice.