Psalms 124:4
Then would the waters have overwhelmed us, the stream would have passed over our soul;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
In Context
3Then would they have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;
5Then would have passed over our soul the presumptuous waters.
Cross References
Psalms 18:4(18:5) The bonds of death encompassed me, and the floods of destruction made me afraid.
Psalms 32:6For this shall every pious one pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely [then] when great waters overflow, they shall never reach unto him.
Psalms 42:8(42:9) In the daytime the Lord will command his kindness, and in the night his song shall be with me, as a prayer unto the God of my life.
Psalms 69:15(69:16) Let not the flood of waters overflow me, and let not the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit close its mouth upon me.
Isaiah 8:7Yea therefore behold, the Lord bringeth up over them the strong and many waters of the river,—the king of Assyria, and all his glory; and he shall come up over all his channels, and step over all his banks;
Isaiah 59:19And they shall fear from the west the name of the Lord, and from the rising of the sun his glory; for there shall come distress like the stream which the Spirit of the Lord urgeth forward.
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 →