Psalms 124:4
then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
In Context
3then they would have swallowed us up alive when their wrath was kindled against us,
5then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.
Cross References
Psalms 18:4The cords of death encompassed me, and the floods of lawlessness made me afraid.
Psalms 32:6For this let everyone who is devout pray to thee in a time when thou may be found. Surely when the great waters overflow they shall not reach to him.
Psalms 42:8[Yet] LORD will command his loving kindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, [even] a prayer to the God of my life.
Psalms 69:15Let not the water flood overwhelm me, nor let the deep shallow me up. And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
Isaiah 8:7now therefore, behold, LORD brings up upon them the waters of the River, strong and many, [even] the king of Assyria and all his glory. And it shall come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks,
Isaiah 59:19So they shall fear the name of LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. For he will come as a rushing stream, which the breath of LORD drives.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 124:2-6
The Security of God's People. 1 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say; 2 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us: 3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: 4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: 5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. The people of God, being here called upon to praise God for their deliverance, are to take notice, I. Of the malice of men, by which they… Read the whole commentary →