Psalms 125:5
Our soul hath passed through a torrent: perhaps our soul had passed through a water insupportable.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
4perhaps the waters had swallowed us up.
6Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us to be a prey to their teeth.
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:22Because I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Job 23:11My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it.
Psalms 92:7The senseless man shall not know: nor will the fool understand these things.
Psalms 92:10For behold thy enemies, O Lord, for behold thy enemies shall perish: and all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
Psalms 101:3I did not set before my eyes any unjust thing: I hated the workers of iniquities.
Proverbs 2:15Whose ways are perverse, and their steps infamous.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 125:5
The Security of God's People. 4 Do good, O Lord , unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. 5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel. Here is, 1. The prayer the psalmist puts up for the happiness of those that are sincere and constant ( v. 4 ): Do good, O Lord! unto those that are good. This teaches us to pray for all good people, to make supplication for all saints; and we may pray… Read the whole commentary →