Psalms 124:3
They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath against us:
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
In Context
2If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men came up against us;
4We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul;
Cross References
1 Samuel 20:30Then Saul was moved to wrath against Jonathan, and he said to him, You son of an evil and uncontrolled woman, have I not seen how you have given your love to the son of Jesse, to your shame and the shame of your mother?
Esther 3:12Then on the thirteenth day of the first month, the king's scribes were sent for, and they put in writing Haman's orders to all the king's captains and the rulers of every division of his kingdom and the chiefs of every people: for every division of the kingdom in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in the language which was theirs; it was signed in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with the king's ring.
Psalms 35:25Let them not say in their hearts, So we will have it: let them not say, We have put an end to him.
Psalms 57:3\57:2\I will send up my cry to the Most High God; to God who does all things for me.
Psalms 76:10\76:9\When God took his place as judge, for the salvation of the poor on the earth. (Selah.)
Psalms 83:5\83:4\They have said, Come, let us put an end to them as a nation; so that the name of Israel may go out of man's memory.
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 →