Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Deliver thyself as a roe (the emblem of fleetness, 2 Samuel 2:18 ; 1 Chronicles 12:8 ) from the hand (of the hunter), and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. Since a bird has no small regard for its freedom, but tries with its beak at every chink to find a way of escape, so also do thou leave no means untried.