Psalms 55:6-7

55:6 I say, ¹  “I wish I had wings like a dove!

I would fly away and settle in a safe place!

55:7 Look, I will escape to a distant place;

I will stay in the wilderness. (Selah)

Proverbs 6:5

6:5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a snare, ² 

and like a bird from the trap ³  of the fowler.

Luke 13:31

Going to Jerusalem

13:31 At that time, ⁴  some Pharisees ⁵  came up and said to Jesus, ⁶  “Get away from here, ⁷  because Herod ⁸  wants to kill you.”

¹ tn The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive carries on the descriptive (present progressive) force of the verbs in v. 5.

² tn Heb “from the hand.” Most translations supply “of the hunter.” The word “hand” can signify power, control; so the meaning is that of a gazelle freeing itself from a snare or a trap that a hunter set.

³ tc Heb “hand” (so KJV, NAB, NRSV). Some mss and versions have it as “trap,” which may very well represent an interpretation too.

⁴ tn Grk “At that very hour.”

⁵ sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.

⁶ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Grk “Go away and leave from here,” which is redundant in English and has been shortened to “Get away from here.”

⁸ sn Herod refers here to Herod Antipas. See the note on Herod Antipas in 3:1.