Psalms 124:3
For the Lord will not allow the rod of sinners to be upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous should stretch forth their hands to iniquity. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
In Context
4Do good, O Lord, to them that are good, and to them that are upright in heart. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 20:30And Saul was exceedingly angry with Jonathan, and said to him, You son of + 20:30 Lit. deserting in a military sense. traitorous damsels! for do I not know that you are an accomplice with the son of Jessae to your shame, and to the shame of your mother's nakedness?
Esther 3:12So the king's recorders were called in the first month, on the thirteenth day, and they wrote as Aman commanded to the captains and governors in every province, from India even to Ethiopia, to one hundred and twenty-seven provinces; and to the rulers of the nations according to their several languages, in the name of king Artaxerxes.
Psalms 57:3Sinners have gone astray from the womb: they go astray from the belly: they speak lies. 1
Psalms 76:10And I said, Now I have begun; this is the change of the right hand of the Most High. 1
Psalms 83:5Blessed is the man whose help is of you, O Lord; in his heart he has purposed to go up 1
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 →