Psalms 124:5
But those who turn away into obligation, the Lord will lead away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
In Context
4Do good, O Lord, to the good and to the upright of heart.
Cross References
Job 38:11And I said: “This far you will approach, and you will proceed no further, and here you will break your swelling waves.”
Jeremiah 5:22So then, will you not fear me, says the Lord. And will you not have sorrow before my face? I have placed the shore as a limit for the sea, as an everlasting precept that it will not transgress. And its waves will crash, but they will not prevail; and its waves will swell, but they will not go across.
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 →