Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Ver. 5. As a roe from the hand, &c.] This creature may be taken, but not easily tamed: it seeks therefore by all means to make escape, and when it fleeth, looketh behind it, holding it no life, if not at liberty. a
And as a bird.] A most fearful creature, and desirous of liberty, that Avis Paradisi bird of paradise, especially, that being taken, never gives over groaning, till let go again. Nititur in sylvas quaeque redire suas.
a Chald. Paraph. in Song of Solomon 8:14 .