Psalms 124:4
We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
In Context
3They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath against us:
5Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our soul.
Cross References
Psalms 18:4\18:3\I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.
Psalms 32:6For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you at a time when you are near: then the overflowing of the great waters will not overtake him.
Psalms 42:8\42:7\Deep is sounding to deep at the noise of your waterfalls; all your waves have gone rolling over me.
Psalms 69:15\69:14\Take me from the grip of the sticky earth, so that I may not go down into it; let me be lifted up from the deep waters.
Isaiah 8:7For this cause the Lord is sending on them the waters of the River, deep and strong, even the king of Assyria and all his glory: and it will come up through all its streams, overflowing all its edges:
Isaiah 59:19So they will see the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the east: for he will come like a rushing stream, forced on by a wind of the Lord.
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 →