Quotes About Freedom

Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?

When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.

What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.

He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.

They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,

And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,

Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.

Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return.

Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?

He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.

He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.

Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?

Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.

Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?

Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?

Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?

Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?

“Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.”

the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.

He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”

The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.

He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.

He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.

He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.