Psalms 124:3
then alive they’d have swallowed us up, when their anger was kindled against us.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
In Context
2“Had it not been the Lord who was for us when enemies rose against us,
4Then the waters would’ve swept us away, and the torrent passed over us clean:
Cross References
Esther 3:12And so, on the thirteenth day of the first month, the king’s secretaries were summoned and as Haman instructed an edict was issued to the king’s satraps and provincial governors and the rulers of each of the peoples in their own script and their own language. The edict was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with his ring.
Psalms 35:25inwardly saying, “Hurrah! The desire of our hearts at last! Now we have swallowed him up.”
Psalms 57:3He will send me his succour from heaven, he will thrust away those who would trample me. Selah
Psalms 76:10The fiercest will praise you, to you will the remnant hold festival.
Psalms 83:5For, conspiring with one accord, they have made a league against you
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 →