Psalms 124:5
then the raging waters would have swept us away.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
In Context
4then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,
6Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
Cross References
Job 38:11and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?
Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
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 →